Incident date: 2018-02-05
NAICS industry code: 331314

An employee was charging a furnace by adding material using a powered industrial vehicle. An explosion occurred, causing a fireball to come out of the furnace. The employee jumped from the vehicle to avoid the fireball and landed on the ground. He suffered first and second degree burns to the forehead and injuries to his left knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Forging machinery
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate