Incident date: 2020-10-19
NAICS industry code: 622110

On October 19, 2020, an employee was cleaning kitchen pots. While emptying a vat, the handle dislodged and boiling water spilled onto the employee and the floor. The employee then tripped over a drain lip and fell onto his back in the hot water that had spilled on the floor. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns to his legs and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate