Incident date: 2021-07-24
NAICS industry code: 441120

An employee was on a break after working on a vehicle. When the employee lit a cigarette, brake cleaner on the employee's hands caused the employee's gloves to ignite. The employee's hands were burned.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Solvents, degreasers, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate