Incident date: 2024-07-22
NAICS industry code: 238990

Employees were conducting site preparation. The injured employee was using a paint roller to apply primer to a concrete deck. There was welding work happening on the floor directly below the injured employee. A spark from the welding ignited fumes from the primer; there was a flash fire and the injured employee's legs and lower back were burned.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other lower extremities
severity: moderate