Incident date: 2020-08-27
NAICS industry code: 325199

An employee was cleaning up a solvent leak from a membrane skid in a manufacturing facility. A nearby heat gun caused fumes from the leak to ignite. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hand and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Solvents, degreasers, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate