Incident date: 2015-09-19
NAICS industry code: 321211

On September 19, 2015, at approximately 11:00am, a millwright was injured while spot welding a hard hydraulic line on a forklift.  The line was under pressure and hydraulic fluid was not removed from the line. The line ruptured and the millwright received 2nd degree burns to the top of his head and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head, unspecified
severity: moderate