Incident date: 2015-09-09
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was using a torch to heat up a stuck stud on the tank. The torch ignited methanol gas that was put in the tank the day before.  The employee was thrown back 6 to 7 feet and received second and third degree burns to the abdomen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Methanol
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate