Incident date: 2022-09-13
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was approaching a plant entrance with a lit cigarette. When he discarded the cigarette, it ignited oxygen that had been released during a tank-filling process. The employee suffered third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate