Safety Flash
Ignited hand sanitiser
Ignited hand sanitiser
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 15/20
- Hazardous SubstancesHot Work and Fire
- FireHand and finger injuriesHazardous substancesStatic electricity
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Summary
This safety flash describes burns to a man’s hands after he touched a surface before alcohol-based sanitiser had dried. It attributes ignition of the fumes to static electricity, producing almost invisible flames. He extinguished them at a sink. The account highlights the sanitiser’s flammability and failure to identify all energy sources.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Static electricity; electrostatic discharge.
Summary
A man had his hands burnt when alcohol-based hand sanitiser caught fire.
IMCA SF 15/20. Themes: hazardous substances, hot work and fire.