Incident date: 2022-09-08
NAICS industry code: 311611

An employee was trying to light a gas burner with a lighter when residual natural gas ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face/neck area, severe burns to the right middle and ring fingers, a burn from the right hand to the right elbow, and a first-degree burn from the left hand to the left elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Natural gas
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate