Incident date: 2025-07-18
NAICS industry code: 811310

An electrician was on a 9-foot scaffold performing valve maintenance on an 8-inch line near a heat exchanger. The electrician was working to cycle a valve that failed to close. Due to a misaligned drain line and an open manual valve, hot liquid dextrose (~250  F) was released onto the floor below, creating a steam cloud. The electrician was evacuating the scaffold using the scaffold ladder when they slipped and fell 5-6 feet into the hot liquid, sustaining first- and second-degree burns to multiple parts of their body including both arms, both hands, their back, and their buttocks.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level resulting in exposure or contact  unspecified
code_source: title: Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate