Incident date: 2023-07-12
NAICS industry code: 811490

An employee was connecting the bilge pump wires with the shrink connectors. The fumes from the bilge pump were ignited by a hand held torch, causing first degree burns to the employee's face and second degree burns to both hands and both arms below the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Flammable gas, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate