Incident date: 2024-09-28
NAICS industry code: 333415

A maintenance employee was leak testing 14-ounce refrigerant cans in a hot water bath (130 degrees Fahrenheit) when the cans over-pressurized and splashed hot water onto the employee's arm. The employee sustained burns to their left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water, liquids nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate