Incident date: 2019-12-06
NAICS industry code: 444130

An employee was moving feed in the feed building. It was cold and rainy, so the employee went over to a propane heater mounted on a 30 lb. tank inside the feed building to warm up. The employee was standing near the heater when his jacket caught on fire, causing third degree burns on his back that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Suits, coats, jackets
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate