Incident date: 2020-08-06
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee was preparing to remove copper lines from an old compressor using an oxygen and acetylene welding torch. Flames came out as soon as the torch was turned on and the employee was burned on their face and arm. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Welding, cutting, and blow torches
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate