Incident date: 2015-05-15
NAICS industry code: 484230

An employee was tightening a valve flange under a cargo tank but could not get the valve flange to tighten. The cargo tank contained methanol under pressure. He decided to remove the valve to let vapors out. He was using a cordless drill, which ignited the vapors. The vapors caused second degree burns to his right arm and the back of both legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Methane gas
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate