Incident date: 2025-02-05
NAICS industry code: 331110

An employee was lancing the slide gate on a drained ladle. The employee pulled the trigger while trying to remove the second pipe and some oxygen flowed out of the line and saturated his uniform. The employee was on the third lance pipe when slag and sparks flew in his direction causing his flame resistant uniform to ignite. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Protective apparel  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate