Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 336510

An employee was attempting to warm up near a stand-up propane heater when his buttocks and the back of his thighs contacted the heater housing. The interior flame then ignited his denim jeans, causing burns to his lower body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate