Incident date: 2023-08-19
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was refilling a customer's propane tank when the tank exploded. The employee was injured by pieces of the tank and sustained lacerations to the right forearm and lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Propane tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate