Incident date: 2017-01-10
NAICS industry code: 332119

An employee was filling an oxygen cylinder from a large cylinder. Another employee pushed the booster pump and the cylinder exploded. Both employee were hospitalized for burns to the abdomen, arms, chest and face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Oxygen tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low