Incident date: 2016-03-04
NAICS industry code: 445299

An employee was trying to unjam a jammed pipe connection when the cast-iron T section of the boiler pipe shattered, causing steam and hot water to release and burn the employee's thighs. The employee suffered second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate