Incident date: 2017-10-15
NAICS industry code: 332811

An employee was gassing up a furnace and attempting to light the pilot using a wand (igniting device). During a previous shift, one of the furnace's two gas valves was left open. When the employee began the start-up process, he opened the main gas valve without noticing that the other valve was already open. The front door on the furnace was open and a flash fire occurred, causing burns to his hands and forearms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Forging machinery
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate