Incident date: 2018-03-09
NAICS industry code: 333414

An employee was getting ready to light the hydrogen exiting the exhaust port on the end cap at a quartz tube furnace when the tube exploded. He received a severe laceration to his upper left arm and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Furnaces, heaters
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate