Incident date: 2025-04-07
NAICS industry code: 322121

An employee was observing a troubleshooting event with a limit switch when hot pulping liquor overflowed from the screw conveyor in the digester basement, contacting the employee and resulting in thermal burns. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the back of their neck, shoulder, and upper back, as well as second-degree burns to their knees, legs, and pelvic area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Chemicals, hazardous materials  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate