Incident date: 2017-05-24
NAICS industry code: 324110

On May 24, 2017, at approximately 9:00 p.m., an employee was attempting to isolate a pump and needed to clean the strainer basket. After opening the system, the employee was hit with steam, suffering second degree burns and requiring hospitalization.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate