Incident date: 2019-03-13
NAICS industry code: 423820

An electric hand grinder was being used to cut an empty metal 55-gallon drum that had held motor oil. The drum exploded. The employee suffered a broken facial bone, moderate burns on the side of the face, and burns to the esophagus and lungs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate