Incident date: 2021-10-17
NAICS industry code: 311311

An employee was washing sugar cane pulp off the floor of a mill area while wearing knee-high rubber boots. The employee stepped onto a floor grate when it shifted, causing him to step into a floor drain with his right leg. Hot water that was in the drain entered the employee's boot, resulting in burns to his ankle and foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
severity: moderate