Incident date: 2016-06-17
NAICS industry code: 311613

An employee was observing as his supervisor transferred solid waste to a liquid form and then into a tote. Steam pressure then released from a loose fitting, and the contents sprayed the employee. He suffered severe burns on his upper torso and both forearms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate