Incident date: 2018-10-17
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was cutting steel with an oxygen/acetylene torch. The hose of the oxygen line had a small hole that caused a small fire to burst while he cut the steel. His polyester jacket melted from the fire, and he received second degree burns to his right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate