Incident date: 2015-10-30
NAICS industry code: 423820

An employee was using a cutting torch to cut hooks from the bucket of a front end loader. Slag inadvertently fell onto his left pants leg catching his pants leg on fire. The employee was burned on his shin and hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate