Incident date: 2020-01-13
NAICS industry code: 493110

An employee was up on a work platform removing the cover from an oil filter housing to change out the filters on a furnace when the oil pump continued to push out the oil, which contacted the employee and landed on the hot furnace. The oil then flashed and the employee received second and third degree burns on the left arm, left side of the back, buttocks, and flank area.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Petroleum, crude oil
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate