Incident date: 2025-03-07
NAICS industry code: 221210

On March 7, 2025, at 11:24 a.m., an employee was in a customer's basement working to light a water heater using an electric starter on the appliance. The employee pushed the ignitor when an explosion occurred, resulting in first- and second-degree burns on the face and neck as well as second- and third-degree burns on both hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate