Incident date: 2021-04-21
NAICS industry code: 541714

An employee was inspecting a pipeline after hydroblasting. The employee was blasted with a sudden burst of high-pressure steam, suffering burns to the shoulders, hands, and knees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate