Incident date: 2019-11-13
NAICS industry code: 311999

An employee was disconnecting a 2-inch coupler on a steam line to remove a clog. The coupler had been loosened an hour earlier to release pressure. The employee loosened the coupler further to perform the maintenance and was hit with steam on the right arm and back. He suffered second-degree burns.

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