Incident date: 2022-04-20
NAICS industry code: 331312

An employee was operating a compact skid steer through the mud room and observed salt cakes in the area. The employee poured water collected with the Bobcat onto the salt cake which caused an explosion. The employee sustained first, second and third degree burns to right and left hand/wrist. The employee also sustained burns to the face, a fractured nose, and a forehead laceration.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Aluminum and compounds
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate