Incident date: 2018-05-31
NAICS industry code: 335929

An employee was attempting to clean residual oil from a 4 ft X 4 ft plastic tote. The employee put approximately 1 quart of denatured alcohol into the tote and then moved the tote to swish around the alcohol in the bottom. The employee's cotton rag then fell into the tote and it flashed, causing a flash burn to the left side of the employee's face and neck. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Textiles, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate