Incident date: 2019-08-08
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was repairing a refrigeration unit and determined that there was a defective electrical switch. Other contractors were at the facility bleeding a gas line at the time. The employee went to the circuit breaker to shut off power by manually flipping the breaker when an explosion occurred. The employee suffered second degree burns to the upper body, including the face, arms, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate