Incident date: 2022-05-22
NAICS industry code: 321999

Two employees were in a scissor lift spraying water inside the gravity bin through the access panel opening to cool the hot embers. While spraying water on the hot embers, a lump of crushed wood chips and sawdust fell inside the gravity bin and caused a flash fire to shoot out of the access panel. Both employees suffered severe burns to their face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low