Incident date: 2023-06-21
NAICS industry code: 213112

Employees were cleaning a storage tank for petroleum. Employee 1 was inside the tank and employee 2 was outside the tank approximately 30 to 40 feet away when a flash fire occurred. The force of the fire/explosion threw employee 1 into a wall. Employee 1 sustained fractures to the left collar bone and left ribs, a dislocated right elbow, a lacerated left ear, and burns. Employee 2 sustained second-and-third- degree burns to the face, chest, hands, and fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Petroleum, crude oil
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low