Incident date: 2020-05-26
NAICS industry code: 562920

An employee was getting ready to use an oxy propane torch to cut some aluminum on or near empty 55-gallon drums that last contained tertiary-butyl alcohol. During lighting of the torch, vapors in a drum immediately adjacent to the torch exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands, face, chest, and stomach.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Alcohols, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate