Incident date: 2017-10-07
NAICS industry code: 722330

An employee was using a lighter to light a propane steam table burner when the lighter ignited propane gas that had accumulated in the steam table due to a valve that had been left open earlier. The employee suffered burns to the face, neck, right arm, and right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate