Incident date: 2018-10-11
NAICS industry code: 238330

An employee was spreading MEK solvent on the floor with a broom when a pilot light ignited, causing a fire. The employee suffered first-through third-degree burns on the chest, hands, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Methyl ethyl ketone
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate