Incident date: 2022-09-15
NAICS industry code: 333923

On September 15, 2022, an employee was welding when the sparks ignited an unknown substance on their fire-retardant shirt. The employee suffered burns to the torso and was 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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate