Incident date: 2019-09-18
NAICS industry code: 562212

An employee was refueling his equipment (track-hoe) when he noticed a few sparks occur once he touched the fuel nozzle to the neck of the fuel tank opening. He went to pull the nozzle out and a burst of flames shot out, causing burns on his right arm and the right side of his face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Backhoes, trackhoes
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate