Incident date: 2021-06-11
NAICS industry code: 311221

An employee had been troubleshooting an extruder machine. The employee was struck by steam that came through a bolt hole and sustained second degree burns to the neck. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate