Incident date: 2024-08-28
NAICS industry code: 423810

An employee was using a torch to remove a broken bolt from inside a roller drum. Prior to this, brake cleaner had been used inside the roller drum. The employee was inside the roller drum when a flash fire occurred and the employee sustained burns to their face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Rollers, compactors construction
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate