Incident date: 2017-05-09
NAICS industry code: 491110

An employee saw that the engine on his vehicle was running hot. He was adding fluids to the vehicle when the radiator cap blew off. Hot antifreeze spewed on him, burning his lower arm, chest, and abdomen. He was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Antifreeze
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate