Incident date: 2022-12-23
NAICS industry code: 562998

On December 22, 2022, at approximately 8:50 AM, two employees were cleaning an above ground, horizontally placed, 45,000-gallon gasoline tank. The two employees were standing on top of the tank s working platform when the tank exploded. Both employees were blown away from the platform and landed on the ground. Employee 1 was treated for a broken ankle and released. Employee 2 was hospitalized for a head injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate