Incident date: 2017-04-25
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was on top of the tanker truck loading fuel into the tanker. The vapors ignited causing an explosion and throwing the employee 20 feet into the air. The employee suffered third degree burns, broken bones and internal bleeding.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate