Incident date: 2020-04-27
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was repairing a leak on a barge. After repairing the leak, the employee was working overhead when fire/slag from a welding torch's oxygen line fell on his glove, igniting and burning his left hand and forearm. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate