Incident date: 2015-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238110

An employee was operating a gas power chop saw cutting concrete. When the gas cap came off, the chop saw caught on fire. Gas splashed onto the employee and the employee suffered second and third degree burns to his legs, back, stomach, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Saws-powered, except chainsaws
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate