Incident date: 2019-11-14
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was trying to remove a damaged hydraulic hose on a roll-off truck. The employee was using a wrench and heat to loosen a tight connection.  When the connection loosened, residual hot hydraulic fluid in the line leaked on the employee's forehead, burning it. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate