Incident date: 2016-05-13
NAICS industry code: 325314

An employee was grinding a hole in an empty 300 gallon gasoline tank. Sparks from the grinder ignited gasoline vapors resulting in a fire/explosion. The employee received flash burns to the face and first degree burns to the forearms and fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
code_nature: title: First degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate