Incident date: 2023-01-18
NAICS industry code: 325998

On January 18, 2023, an employee was investigating a boiler feed water leak. The leak was stopped and the employee began completing housekeeping tasks in the area. He stepped in a puddle of boiler feed water, submerging his lower leg to the top of his rubber boot, resulting in second-degree burns of the lower leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate