Incident date: 2023-11-07
NAICS industry code: 562111

An employee was welding a kick bar onto the rear of a hopper on a trash truck. His clothing caught fire, resulting in second- and third-degree burns to his chest and stomach area.

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