Incident date: 2023-08-07
NAICS industry code: 332813

Liquid and steam were being transferred from a boiler to a treatment facility. A fitting failed and three employees were sprayed with 200-to 230-degree Fahrenheit liquid and steam. One of them was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate