Incident date: 2017-10-29
NAICS industry code: 424510

On October 29, 2017, at approximately 10:30 a.m., an employee was delivering propane to a customer's home address. The employee was checking to be sure the furnace was on and the pilot was lit. When he went to light the pilot, the furnace exploded, causing burns to the employee's face and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate