Incident date: 2018-12-14
NAICS industry code: 334516

An employee was transferring toluene solvent from one drum to another using a hand pump. A discharge of static electricity ignited the toluene which then splashed onto the employee's clothing. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to his left hand, back, and other parts of the body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Toluene
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate