Incident date: 2015-08-04
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was cutting metal rebar with a powered saw on the Staten Island Expressway (Exit 13) when the saw exploded, splashing gasoline onto the employee's legs. The gasoline caught fire, and the employee sustained third degree burns to the legs. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate