Incident date: 2021-09-20
NAICS industry code: 621610

A nurse was visiting a patient's home to change out the regulator on the patient's oxygen tank. Oxygen from the tank ignited causing third degree burns to the employee's hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate