Incident date: 2025-06-10
NAICS industry code: 332811

An employee was lighting a pilot light that burns off residual oxygen in the purge chamber of a heat-treating furnace. Residual gas and built-up oxygen in the purge chamber caused an explosion, which blew the front of the furnace's door off its track and the hood/exhaust system off its rivets. The employee was knocked down and suffered burns and lacerations to the left side of his face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Forging machinery
code_nature: title: Surface, flesh wounds and burns, electrical injuries
code_body: title: Other multiple ear(s), facial locations
severity: moderate