Incident date: 2018-03-31
NAICS industry code: 423310

Employees were trying to contain a fire at the bottom of a silo using a water hose. After they contained the fire, an employee opened the silo's side door and a small explosion occurred. One of the employee's suffered second degree burns on the forearms and face (right side).

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate