Incident date: 2021-06-04
NAICS industry code: 326299

An employee was tending to a grinder machine that was smoking. The machine caught fire and exploded. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns to their back and both arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Grinders, abraders
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate