Incident date: 2017-07-27
NAICS industry code: 424690

An employee had been removing valve caps from acetylene cylinders using an electric drill equipped with an attachment. Acetylene gas was ignited by a spark and the employee was hospitalized for burns.

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