Incident date: 2019-01-25
NAICS industry code: 541380

An employee was cutting tissue for examination. During this process, the employee sprayed a freezing agent on the tissue while it was in the cryostat and a flash fire occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the face and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate