Incident date: 2016-05-26
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was cleaning the engine of an excavator with starting fluid when an arc sparked and triggered a fire on his sleeve. He was hospitalized with burn injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate