Incident date: 2017-09-16
NAICS industry code: 213111

On September 16, 2017, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee and two vendor employees were repairing a tank dike liner with a heating iron. Flammable condensate leaked from the plumbing at a hammer union on ground level going to the condensate tank. The heat gun ignited the vapors resulting in third degree burns to the injured workers' hands and face. One employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate