Incident date: 2021-05-17
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee opened a valve to see if a drum was free of hot residual oil. The oil was plugged behind the open valve, but the plug dissolved. Hot oil (300-400 degrees F) splashed out of the drum's receiving receptacle and onto the employee's right thigh and right arm, as well as the right sides of the employee's abdomen and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate