Incident date: 2019-04-15
NAICS industry code: 531130

On April 15, 2019, an employee was cleaning tables in the warehouse area with acetone. The employee heated up the acetone and the solvent ignited, burning him below the knee, on both legs, and the right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Acetone
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate