Incident date: 2023-07-11
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was using an oxygen lance to add oxygen to a furnace to increase the temperature. An explosion occurred, causing shrapnel to strike the employee in the right collar bone, resulting in a fracture and open wound. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
severity: moderate