Incident date: 2015-02-09
NAICS industry code: 324199

An employee was injured and hospitalized after stepping into a containment dike sump area.  The containment area is approximately 18 inches deep and is siphoned out of the sump with a steam siphon.  At the time of the incident, the siphon was plugged in, which resulted in steam being diverted back into the sump and the water being heated.  The employee was burned from about his left knee to his left foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate