Incident date: 2021-12-26
NAICS industry code: 311119

On December 25, 2021 at 3:30 a.m., employee 1 was mixing a batch in a tank farm while employee 2 was transferring palm oil into a tank. While employee 2 was clearing the transfer line with steam, hot palm oil came out of the tank's conservation vent and spilled over the side. Some of the palm oil splashed on employee 1, who was located about 15 feet from the tank. Employee 1 suffered first degree burns to their arms and back and second degree burns to their neck and wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Fats, oils, cooking greases
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate