Incident date: 2021-03-19
NAICS industry code: 238990

Two employees were replacing the threads on a 4-inch riser tube on an underground storage tank. The tank flashed over and blew the manway off. One of the employees suffered third-degree burns on 50 percent of their skin surface.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate