Incident date: 2025-01-15
NAICS industry code: 332313

An employee was cutting a valve guard from an empty 5,000-gallon propane tank that had been cleaned and washed with water. Propane ignited, causing an explosion. The employee suffered a broken shoulder and a brain bleed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Propane tanks and cylinders
code_nature: title: Cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages without skull fracture
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate