Incident date: 2018-11-08
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was removing accumulated metal from an overflow trough with a metal lancing rod. The rod became separated from the holder, and oxygen accumulated in the lancing tube and ignited. The employee's left palm received a second-degree burn.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate