Incident date: 2025-04-24
NAICS industry code: 811122

An employee was cutting glass for a custom windshield and was using denatured alcohol during the cutting process. The denatured alcohol caught fire and the flame traveled to a gallon-sized container of the liquid. The can exploded and the employee sustained second- and third-degree burns from the waist up.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  unspecified
severity: moderate