Incident date: 2024-05-17
NAICS industry code: 332311

An employee was using a cutting torch when the fuel tank on the trailer frame exploded and caused a fire, resulting in the hospitalization of the employee with thermal burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Vehicle trailers, trailing units
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: high