Incident date: 2024-01-08
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was wearing battery-powered, rechargeable heated insoles inside his boots. Though the insoles were not turned on, one of the batteries exploded and caught fire. The employee suffered third-degree burns to the bottom of his right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Explosion  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Batteries
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate