Incident date: 2020-06-11
NAICS industry code: 336330

An employee was attempting to remove the lid from a plastic container by applying heat with a torch to loosen the top. The liquid inside the container heated up and the container burst open under pressure, spraying the employee who suffered first and second degree burns to the front of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Liquids, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate