Incident date: 2021-02-27
NAICS industry code: 562211

On February 27, 2021, an employee was using a plasma cutter to cut open a transformer tank that had been previously drained and vented, resulting in an explosion. The employee suffered bruising and a laceration on their right palm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Hand(s), except finger(s)
severity: moderate