Incident date: 2020-10-07
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was tightening battery cable using a wrench. His wrench touched a compressor, causing an arc flash which created a hole in the compressor. Freon was then discharged from the hole in the compressor, resulting in second and third degree burns to the employee's arm, face, and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with cold objects or substances
code_source: title: Fluorotrichloromethane
code_nature: title: Other burns, third or fourth degree
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate