Incident date: 2022-08-09
NAICS industry code: 111940

An employee was cutting a 55-gallon drum with a torch and the drum exploded. The employee was hospitalized with burns to over 50% of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate