Incident date: 2021-11-01
NAICS industry code: 562219

An employee was using a plasma torch to cut the lid off an empty drum of brake cleaner when sparks from the torch ignited fumes in the barrel. The employee suffered second degree burns on the left side of his face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Solvents, degreasers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate