Incident date: 2015-01-16
NAICS industry code: 331221

An employee was using a handheld torch to cut a hole into steel pipe when the torch hose blew. The employee suffered burns on his hand and was admitted to Lady of Lords Burn Center overnight for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Welding, cutting, and blow torches
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate