Incident date: 2016-02-05
NAICS industry code: 423320

A maintenance employee removed the fuel tank from truck, set it on the ground and then began pressurizing the tank to located an air leak.  A portion of the tank exploded from being over-pressurized. The employee sustained facial injuries and damage to the left arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate