Incident date: 2020-09-17
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was hot air welding PVC roof seams and transitioning to a new location on a roof when his extension cord bumped a gallon container of acetone. The container began to tip and he tried to catch it with his right hand. Some contents spilled and were subsequently ignited by a flameless hot air welder that was approximately 2 feet away. His pants and shirt caught fire, and he received second degree burns to his right hand, arm, and bicep. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Acetone
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate