Incident date: 2016-01-11
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was performing gouging operations on the internal surfaces of a vessel when a flash fire occurred. The employee received burns to the upper chest, arms, and legs (approximately 44% of body) and was hospitalized for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Burns and smoke inhalation
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate