Incident date: 2015-11-12
NAICS industry code: 311111

At approximately 6:20 AM on November 12, 2015, an employee was opening the third ball valve in a system of six to operate the plasma cutting machine.  There was a failure at the pipe or the valve, and a spark ignited the gas. The employee was positioned at the compressed gas cage when this occurred, sustaining second-degree burns to his upper right chest, right arm, and left wrist.

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