Incident date: 2022-08-28
NAICS industry code: 236220

Employees were making emergency repairs to the girder of a bridge that was struck by a tractor-trailer. The injured employee was waiting for grinding to be completed so he could stick-weld. He was standing next to a hanging torch when a spark from the grinding caused leaking propane to ignite. The employee sustained a flash burn to his right ankle and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: moderate