Incident date: 2016-10-29
NAICS industry code: 441110

An employee was changing the oil in a car while down in the oil changing pit when a jug of brake cleaner ignited, causing second degree burns to both of the employee's legs and the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate