Incident date: 2016-09-29
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was venting a container with water and condensation at an oil site when a vacuum truck at the site caught fire in the engine compartment or cab. While retrieving a fire extinguisher from the truck, the employee received first and second degree burns and required overnight hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate