Incident date: 2025-02-07
NAICS industry code: 562111

A Gaeta Recycling employee was standing at an exit from a trash-baling chamber, installing a trash bag on a chute. A propane tank, hidden in a pile of garbage, entered the baler chamber, where it exploded under pressure. The employee suffered head and face burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Propane tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple regions of the head
severity: moderate