Incident date: 2021-07-07
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was performing maintenance and mechanical work at the concrete plant. A generator stopped working because it was overheated. The employee cooled the generator engine using a hose. The employee then lifted the radiator cap lever to release steam. After the steam was released, he opened the cap and pressurized hot water was released causing third degree burns to their wrist and second degree burns to their arm and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Water
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate