Incident date: 2019-03-20
NAICS industry code: 221320

A welder was welding a nipple to a tank when a flame shot from the tank opening and caused second degree burns to another employee's chest. The injured employee was hospitalized. There may have been some residual cleaning product left after cleaning the oil from the cut (2-inch hole) where the weld was going to be made.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate