Incident date: 2025-02-17
NAICS industry code: 484121

One of the compartments where hoses hook up on a truck was frozen. An employee took the truck home and used a torpedo heater to unfreeze the hose area of the compartment. He then used a lever and the compartment opened. Some diesel fuel spilled out of a hose and caught on fire, burning the employee and the trailer.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: moderate