Incident date: 2017-09-09
NAICS industry code: 221330

An employee was laying on his back on the floor, welding on a valve, when another valve opened and dumped hot water on him. He suffered second degree burns on his chest, side, and right arm, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate