Incident date: 2021-02-16
NAICS industry code: 314110

An electrician was replacing a faulty proximity switch in the communication control panel with a technician standing behind. After the electrician pressed the reset button on the control panel, a solenoid valve opened and released steam that contacted the technician who was hospitalized with burns to the left side of the face and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate