Incident date: 2023-02-15
NAICS industry code: 484121

Two employees in the shop area were using a cutting torch to cut the top of an empty 55-gallon drum. The drum had previously contained windshield washer fluid. The drum exploded and the lid struck one of the employees. Both employees sustained severe burns and were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low