Incident date: 2019-02-21
NAICS industry code: 424690

A production operator was cleaning a tank. He had just set aside a bag of caustic soda beads (after adding beads to the tank for the necessary cleaning solution) when boiling water erupted from the tank, burning the left side of his back, the back of his left leg, and the back of his left arm.

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 body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate