Incident date: 2020-06-17
NAICS industry code: 444220

An employee was using a cutting torch to remove rusted bolts off a spreader buggy when his hand slipped and the torch flame made contact with his left hand. He sustained burn injures to his left thumb and index finger.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate