Incident date: 2019-05-14
NAICS industry code: 333414

An employee was trying to find a gas leak on a heater that was returned by a customer. In order to test the fuel injector spray pattern, the employee pressed the start button. Fuel was expelled from the engine and caught fire. The employee's right arm was burned.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate