Incident date: 2018-07-21
NAICS industry code: 324199

Two maintenance employees were working on a compressor inside an exhauster building, tightening screws on the valves/pistons. The outside cover was removed on this unit to gain access to the set screws. One employee left the area and the other employee continued to work when a flash explosion occurred. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire or explosion, unspecified
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate