Incident date: 2019-06-24
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was welding on a newly fabricated fuel tank when a flash fire occurred. Residual fumes in the tank ignited and flames exited the tank opening, causing burns to the employee's face and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate