Incident date: 2023-09-15
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was lighting the pilot light on a water heater. Gas ignited, causing a flash fire and explosion at the residential property. The employee suffered burns to the head, neck, upper torso, and upper extremities.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate