Incident date: 2020-09-06
NAICS industry code: 311225

An employee was cleaning the exterior of a tank. While moving around the tank, the employee slipped into an uncovered trench drain 15 inches deep. The drain was clogged and full of margarine and hot water. The employee fell in a seated position with her feet in the drain. The employee was hospitalized for burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall through surface or existing opening less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Grates and drains in floor surface
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate