Incident date: 2019-05-24
NAICS industry code: 481211

On May 24, 2019, an employee was filling an oxygen tank when a valve on the tank failed and a flash fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate