Incident date: 2021-11-15
NAICS industry code: 237110

Employees were burning yard debris (brush/shrubbery) in an open pit. Fumes from gasoline (used as an accelerant) ignited and exploded. One employee suffered first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to his hands. Another suffered second-degree burns to his face and third-degree burns to the hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Shrubs, grasses
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: low