Incident date: 2015-03-26
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was hospitalized with first and second degree burns to 20 percent of his body, on his left arm, shoulder, and back. The employee was preparing to load sand into the tickler attached to a paper machine. He opened the valve and was burned by hot water and flash steam at a temperature of approximately 108 degrees Fahrenheit.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate