Incident date: 2015-04-25
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was running a panel that opens/shuts hydraulic valves, pumping nitrogen.  The employee was told to open the valve slowly; a flashover occurred when this action was taken.  The employee was hospitalized for burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Nitrogen
code_nature: title: Burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate