Incident date: 2021-02-21
NAICS industry code: 321219

Two employees were in an aerial lift, approximately 25 feet from ground level. The employees were spraying water with a fire hose into ductwork on a machine in order to remove a blockage. When the blockage was removed, steam from the ductwork enveloped the employees in the lift. The employees were hospitalized due to steam burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low