Incident date: 2024-09-11
NAICS industry code: 327211

On September 11, 2024, an employee was attempting to remove a valve from an empty 55-gallon drum that had contained ethanol. The valve was stuck to the lower adapter ring. The employee tack welded the rings together to remove the entire valve when the drum exploded and the employee sustained burns and contusions.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Barrels, drums, cans  nonpressurized
code_nature: title: Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate