Incident date: 2025-05-05
NAICS industry code: 237310

Employees were conducting maintenance on the clogged vent pipe of an asphalt distributor truck. The employees went to unclog the tank using a propane torch and a piece of steel rebar. They heated the tip of the rebar with the torch and put it inside the tank. An explosion and a fire occurred. Two employees were injured; one employee was hospitalized with fractured bones and first- and second-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion  unspecified
code_source: title: Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate