Incident date: 2023-09-22
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was torching materials to free a jam in a baler machine when an explosion occurred, resulting in second-degree burns to their left arm and leg that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Banding, baling, strapping machinery
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate