Incident date: 2023-04-24
NAICS industry code: 922160

An employee was working on a pickup truck. While working on the ground near the front of the truck, he released a clamping pin that held together the lower engine coolant line. The coolant pressure rapidly blew the hose apart, causing the hot coolant to strike the employee's face, chest, and upper arms. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his upper body and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Antifreeze
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate