Incident date: 2017-11-17
NAICS industry code: 424430

An employee was plasma torch-cutting a 55-gallon drum when it exploded and caught on fire. The employee suffered second degree burns and a broken leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Barrels, drums-except pressurized
code_nature: title: Fractures and burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate