Incident date: 2020-08-14
NAICS industry code: 423840

An employee was grinding/welding inside a tanker truck tank. An explosion blew out the aluminum head and it struck the employee, knocking the employee unconscious and causing a broken collarbone, broken ribs, and brain swelling.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate