Incident date: 2018-02-01
NAICS industry code: 331524

An employee was preheating a gooseneck with a torch on a machine when an electrical panel exploded approximately 6 feet behind him. He was knocked to the floor and found unconscious. He suffered bleeding, head trauma, and a broken arm, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate