46YOM C/O BURNS TO LEGS AND HANDS. PT WAS USING AN ACETYLENE TORCH TO CUT APART METAL BARRELS WHICH CONTAINED AXLE GREASE AND PT THOUGHT THEY WERE EMPTY. PT STATES THE BARREL EXPLODED WHEN TORCH WAS APPLIED AND GREASE GOT ON CLOTHING WHICH IGNITED AND HE DROPPED AND ROLLED TO PUT OUT FLAMES AND HIS GLOVES MELTED ONTO HANDS. +FD DX: BURN RT LOWER EXTREMITY/B/L WRISTS B/L HANDS
Date: 8/25/2025
Category: packaging and containers
Product: METAL CONTAINERS
Products involved: CUTTING TORCHES; METAL CONTAINERS
Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Body part: Lower Leg
Location: Not Recorded