Incident date: 2025-05-28
NAICS industry code: 811310

Employees were performing repairs on a propane tank at the front of a school. A torch was being used to melt a cable when residual fumes from the propane tank ignited. One employee sustained burns to their upper and lower body and was hospitalized. A second employee sustained minor burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  unspecified
severity: moderate