Incident date: 2022-03-16
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was preparing to do excavation work to remove a buried gas tank. He used a cutoff saw to cut off a vent pipe to the tank. Sparks from the saw ignited gasoline vapor causing an explosion. The employee suffered burns and broken ribs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate