Incident date: 2018-11-20
NAICS industry code: 334515

An employee was conducting an experiment in which he cleaned a piece of equipment with pentane. The pentane spilled onto him and his work area; a nearby open flame caused it to catch fire. The employee suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Solvents, degreasers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate