Incident date: 2019-01-21
NAICS industry code: 423320

An employee was inside a semi truck scale. He was thawing out the scale using a portable propane heater. A flash fire occurred within the confined area of the scale and caused second degree burns across 70% of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate