Incident date: 2015-10-21
NAICS industry code: 213112

A company truck was overheating and an employee removed the radiator cap in an attempt to fix the problem.  As he removed the cap, hot fluids exited the radiator and splashed into the employee's face, burning him.  The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Antifreeze
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple face locations
severity: moderate