Incident date: 2019-12-17
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was repairing a leak on a gas line in the vicinity of a melting furnace. After fixing the gas line, the employee noticed the leak was still present. The employee was doing additional repairs when a flash fire occurred, causing burns to the front of the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate