Incident date: 2019-09-16
NAICS industry code: 813319

An employee was showing fire department first responders the entrance to a building when the building exploded. The propane explosion injured the employee's head and leg, also causing second- and third-degree burns on 85% of the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Commercial or retail building, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Whole body
severity: moderate