Incident date: 2024-01-06
NAICS industry code: 332420

An employee was sanding cylinders using an electric grinder. A spark from the sanding process ignited residual hydrogen gas inside a cylinder causing a flash explosion. The explosion caused the employee to be thrown from a ladder and sustain a head laceration and burns to the arms and legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Pressurized containers  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate