Incident date: 2021-03-14
NAICS industry code: 622110

On March 14, 2021, an employee was pouring hot water from a container into a salad bar ice reservoir to melt the ice and prepare the salad bar station for cleaning. The water spilled down the employee's front, causing third-degree burns to his abdomen and the front of his legs. He was hospitalized.

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