Incident date: 2021-05-19
NAICS industry code: 332811

An employee was beginning to place a load into a furnace for heat treating. The furnace flared suddenly, shooting out flames caused first- and second-degree burns to the employee's head, lips, and ears.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple head locations
severity: moderate