Incident date: 2023-01-30
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was standing next to a portable electric heater. The lower right leg of the employee's coveralls caught fire due to the presence of a flammable substance on the coveralls and reignited twice during efforts to put it out. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the lower right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Clothing, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate