Incident date: 2023-12-05
NAICS industry code: 712190

An employee was conducting a burn of wood piles. As he added liquid fuel to a large wood pile, the fuel vapor ignited and flashed upward over him, resulting in second-degree burns to his face and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate