Incident date: 2017-07-07
NAICS industry code: 321113

An employee was standing approximately 15 to 20 feet away from a kiln's fire box, which was being ignited with saw dust, when a flashback occurred from the fire box. The employee suffered burns to the face, neck, right ear, and arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Kilns
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate