Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was using a torch to patch the bottom of a birch when their shift caught on fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns on the chest and fingertips and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Clothing
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate