On July 7, 2020, an employee, 33, was standing on a ladder pouring caramel color from its storage container into a 500-gallon batch of rum that was being made in a 1250-gallon tank of alcohol (type unknown). As the employee began to pour the caramel, a flash occurred due to an electrostatic discharge contacting the alcohol vapors, which caused…
the employee to jump from the ladder.
The employee was wearing safety glasses and ear plugs but sustained flash burns to his right hand, lower arm and singed hair and was hospitalized for treatment.
The cause was an electrostatic discharge near the alcohol vapors.
Source: https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1485776.015