Incident date: 2020-09-15
NAICS industry code: 325188

An employee was transferring raw material into a product hopper via a vacuum transfer system. During the bag change process, a flash fire occurred and burned the employee's forearms and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate