Incident date: 2023-10-27
NAICS industry code: 311514

An employee was removing pipe insulation from a hot water line in the hydrolyzed protein alleyway, located approximately 14 feet above ground. The employee was harnessed in the cage of an aerial lift. He was removing insulation from the hot water line when a straw connection malfunctioned and released a stream of 165-degree water. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to his chest area, back, and right arm.

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