Incident date: 2024-02-24
NAICS industry code: 923140

Three employees were working on a steam pipe. They had depressurized the line and cut it. As they were preparing to replace the broken pipe section, one of them was struck by pressurized hot water and/or steam, which burned his right arm, chest, and back. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Steam, vapors nonchemical
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate