Incident date: 2022-03-14
NAICS industry code: 424910

At about 9:30 a.m. on March 14, 2022, an employee was using an oxygen/acetylene cutting torch to remove an old grain hopper from its frame. The torch caused a flash inside the hopper. The flame came through the hole the employee had created and burned the employee's face. The employee suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate