Incident date: 2019-10-16
NAICS industry code: 811412

An employee was removing a valve that had been heated to liquify the solder binding the valve to a pipe. Oil had collected in the piping at the valve; when the valve was removed, the oil ignited and caused first-degree burns to the employee's face and second-degree burns to his wrist.

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: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate