Incident date: 2020-02-05
NAICS industry code: 238290

On February 5, 2020, at approximately 5:00 p.m., two employees were using acetylene torches to dismantle an industrial tank. A small piece of steel fell to the floor, creating a small spark that resulted in a flash fire. The first employee sustained first and second degree burns. The second employee sustained first and second degree burns and a possible lung injury. Both were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low