Incident date: 2021-03-26
NAICS industry code: 311513

An employee was performing maintenance on a mechanical vapor recompression evaporator when hot water unexpectedly released through the sight glass. The employee sustained second degree burns to his chest, left arm, and right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate