Incident date: 2021-02-01
NAICS industry code: 333111

An employee was building frames and welding metal square tubing. The employee had just completed welding one side of a frame and turned to re-position to do the other side. He leaned onto the hot metal and the back of his jacket caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his back, an arm, and the right side of his chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Suits, coats, jackets
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate