Incident date: 2023-05-12
NAICS industry code: 311511

An employee was tightening a leaking tri-clover clamp on the pressure relief valve that directs the clean-in-place solution. The relief valve came off and 155-degree F hot caustic solution came out of the opening and struck the employee on the abdomen, resulting in thermal burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate