Incident date: 2015-07-14
NAICS industry code: 562111

A worker was welding the underside of a truck when the flame flashed back through a stress fracture in the fitting causing slag to hit the torch. The torch fell into his lap causing 2nd and 3rd degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Welding, cutting, and blow torches
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate