Incident date: 2018-05-24
NAICS industry code: 722513

An employee was operating a deep fryer when a lighter fell out of the employee's shirt pocket into the fryer. The hot oil melted the casing on the lighter causing a fire and explosion of the hot oil that  resulted in burns to the employee's face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate