Incident date: 2024-03-26
NAICS industry code: 811198

An employee was working on a truck. He had a small amount of flammable brake cleaner on his arm, and when he was lighting his handheld torch, the flame ignited the brake cleaner. He was hospitalized with burns to his forearms and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Cleaning and polishing agents  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate