Incident date: 2023-02-20
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was connecting a propane tanker to a propane tank when the propane ignited and the employee became engulfed in fire. The employee was hospitalized for burns that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Propane
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate