Incident date: 2023-10-16
NAICS industry code: 324110

An employee was removing bolts from a pipe flange in order to remove an isolation blind. The employee was pulling the blind from the piping system when hydrogen gas released and flashed, resulting in burns to their face and left wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Hydrogen
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate