Incident date: 2015-02-11
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee tripped and fell to the ground.  The employee landed on his knees in a pile of hot petroleum coke.  The employee sustained burns on both legs from the coke, and possibly the hot steam.  The employee was taken by ambulance to Christiana Hospital, and later transferred to Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Chester, Pennsylvania.  The employee sustained 2nd degree burns on his legs, and 3rd degree burns on his ankles.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall on same level due to tripping, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate