Incident date: 2018-02-19
NAICS industry code: 922140

Employees were transporting hot water in a large plastic garbage bin from a kettle to a sink to wash dishes, because the water heater was not working, when the bin tipped over. The hot water splashed the injured employee on the back of the legs, calves, and feet, causing second degree burns.

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: Foot(feet) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate