Incident date: 2023-08-18
NAICS industry code: 221112

Two employees were unplugging an ash line at the top of an ash transfer tank. The injured employee opened an inspection door near the top of the tank to see if ash was flowing. Hot ash came out of the inspection door while the employee was closing it. The hot fly ash contacted the employee's left hand and arm, resulting in first- and second-degree burns as well as some third-degree burns.

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