Incident date: 2016-01-05
NAICS industry code: 333298

An employee was walking in a tank farm area when he slipped into an open hole in soft ground, which contained water that was heated by an exposed steam pipe. He was exposed to the heated water on both of his legs, burning one leg up to the knee and the other leg up to the mid-thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate