Incident date: 2022-04-28
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee followed co-workers into the plenum to do super sucking operations. The employee stepped into hot fly ash, resulting in second degree burns to their lower right ankle and calf. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Coal, coal dust
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate