Incident date: 2016-06-26
NAICS industry code: 713920

An employee was working on a wok. A vegetable oil aerosol can located on the counter next to the wok overheated and expelled oil from the bottom vents of the can. The can fell over and rolled at which point it caught fire from the wok. The employee received second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Fats, oils, cooking greases
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate