Incident date: 2016-01-14
NAICS industry code: 326199

On January 14, 2016, an employee was working on a plastic extrusion line. Due to an issue regarding the temperature inside of the extruder, the employee began to remove a hot water line to the extruder. While removing the water line, hot water sprayed the employee, causing second degree burns to the back and arms.

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