Incident date: 2021-10-25
NAICS industry code: 811490

An employee was separating a steam pipe union on an industrial tunnel washer to make repairs. As the employee unscrewed the connection, it came apart suddenly and hot steam burned employee's upper body and upper legs, resulting in hospitalization.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate