Incident date: 2016-09-30
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was cleaning a hydraulic tank with a brake parts cleaning solution. The employee sprayed the cleaner on the parts to be cleaned and then dropped a mechanic's droplight to the ground. The bulb then sparked and caused the cleaning solution vapors to ignite, resulting in burns to the employee's face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate