Incident date: 2015-12-05
NAICS industry code: 238310

On 12/5/15, an employee was switching out 55-gallon drums of wall waterproofing material in a waterproofing truck when an explosion occurred. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the abdomen, back, and face and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate