Incident date: 2024-02-14
NAICS industry code: 238910

An employee was using a gas-powered saw to cut a wire strap from a bundle of rebar in the back of a truck. When the saw was above his shoulder level, gasoline leaked from it onto his hand and body. The sparks created by the saw then ignited the gasoline, and he suffered a third-degree burn to his left hand and second-degree burns to his left leg. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire  unspecified
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate