Incident date: 2023-07-17
NAICS industry code: 325311

An employee was re-lighting a sulfur burner while another employee increased the pressure on the gas valve. A gas explosion occurred. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to their arm, hand, chest, abdomen, and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Flammable gas, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate