Incident date: 2016-11-23
NAICS industry code: 324121

An employee was heating an asphalt product with a propane torch to close a lid on a tank when a flash fire occurred. The employee suffered second degree burns to the hand and first degree burns to the face.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate