Incident date: 2024-12-02
NAICS industry code: 327211

An employee was loading sheets of glass onto a conveyor line for coating operations. The employee's clothing came in contact with a nearby portable heater and caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to their lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Clothing
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Back  lumbar region
severity: moderate