Incident date: 2020-07-08
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was cleaning a container/tank. When the steam hose/line was removed from the container/tank, steam condensate struck the employee in the chest, neck, and face causing second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate