Incident date: 2023-01-22
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was standing on the water tower while conducting hot water release tasks. The hot water line on the truck detached due to excessive pressure and hot water sprayed onto the employee's legs and feet causing second-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate