Incident date: 2017-02-03
NAICS industry code: 811111

An employee was using a grinder to cut a clamp on top of a tank that was being de-gassed. The sparks from the grinder contacted the gas fumes from the tank, starting a flash fire. The employee suffered burns all over his body, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Petroleum, crude oil
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Whole body
severity: moderate