Incident date: 2021-02-08
NAICS industry code: 488210

An employee was making a cut on the metal of a rail car using an air arcing cutting torch. The employee's clothing was ignited, resulting in second-degree burns with a small patch of third-degree burns to the right side of his back and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Clothing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Neck and back
severity: moderate