Incident date: 2024-09-05
NAICS industry code: 532412

An employee was installing a regulator onto a compressed oxygen tank to prepare to use an oxygen/acetylene torch when a fire erupted. The employee sustained burns to their right forearm, chin, and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire  unspecified
code_source: title: Flammable gas  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate