Incident date: 2020-01-21
NAICS industry code: 621511

Steam burst out of an autoclave when an employee opened it, causing second-degree burns to the employee's face, chest, and right arm.

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