Incident date: 2022-02-08
NAICS industry code: 237120

A service technician was repairing a natural gas regulator that was leaking. When the water heater valve was opened, natural gas ignited, and the technician sustained burns to the arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Natural gas
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate