Incident date: 2017-07-04
NAICS industry code: 336413

An employee was getting rags to wipe down a part that had just been dipped in LORCOAT when an explosion and fire occurred, causing second and third degree burns to the employee's arms, second degree burns to the neck, and first and second degree burns to the head. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemical products, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate