Incident date: 2017-04-06
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was torch-cutting metal when the resulting sparks and slag caught his cotton coveralls on fire. He suffered burns to the back of his legs. Fire-retardant clothing was not worn at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Clothing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate