Incident date: 2022-03-29
NAICS industry code: 336390

An employee was transferring diesel fuel from a tractor trailer into a drum. As the fuel entered the drum, it displaced the residue and vapors from a solvent that the drum had contained. The vapors came in contact with a battery-powered pump, creating an explosion. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Solvents, degreasers, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate