Incident date: 2023-04-05
NAICS industry code: 541330

Employees were inside a building, replacing the fuel filler hose on a boat. The fuel filler hose runs down the port side of the boat and under the deck to the fuel tank which is mounted in the center of the hull. The employees used an electric heat gun to soften the thick rubber hose to allow for installation. A flash fire occurred in the gasoline fuel tank on the boat. An employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to both hands. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Water vehicle, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate