Incident date: 2020-08-26
NAICS industry code: 325131

On August 26, 2020, an employee was cleaning an industrial mixer when a flash fire erupted within the mixer and burned the employee's face, neck, and hands. The cleaning process involves manually scraping a mixture of aluminum paste with petroleum distillate carrier. Isopropyl alcohol is then used to wash the mixer.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire, unspecified
code_source: title: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate