Incident date: 2016-08-04
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee operating a forklift stopped because he thought the forklift was overheating. When he removed the radiator cap to check the water level, the hot water caused first and second degree burns to his chest and right arm.

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