Incident date: 2019-06-18
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was operating a trenching machine when it struck an old, unmarked natural gas pipeline. The machine caught fire before the operator could turn it off; he suffered burns to his right hand as he left the cab, as well as a broken right knee and left wrist as he jumped to the ground. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Natural gas
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate