Incident date: 2022-10-18
NAICS industry code: 424720

An employee was lifting the hatch on top of the fuel tank on a fuel truck when the truck exploded. The employee sustained a femur fracture that required surgery as well as burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate