Incident date: 2024-08-07
NAICS industry code: 321114

An employee was re-lighting a fire in a wood waste boiler using diesel fuel when the diesel flashed and caused second-degree burns to their hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate