Incident date: 2022-11-22
NAICS industry code: 454310

An employee was filling cylinders with propane for forklifts when the nozzle detached from the cylinder. Propane began to spray and the employee attempted to shut off the nozzle. The employee was sprayed with propane and sustained burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with cold objects or substances
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Other burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate