Incident date: 2022-12-05
NAICS industry code: 331111

An employee was grinding carbon steel parts. Sparks from the grinding went behind the employee's welding jacket and caught their shirt on fire. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the right side of their chest and stomach and required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate