Incident date: 2024-12-05
NAICS industry code: 333992

On December 5, 2024, an employee was torch-cutting rails when a piece of slag landed on them and ignited their clothing. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns to their right shoulder, hand, arm, and torso.

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