Incident date: 2018-09-09
NAICS industry code: 221119

An employee was vacuuming fly ash on the top section of a boiler when he stepped into an unusually deep section of fly ash, sinking into it up to his knees. The fly ash, which was still hot, went under his pants and into his shoes, causing second degree burns to both legs from the knees down.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate