Incident date: 2018-12-11
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a torch to cut a welded piece of material when it fell on her left hand. The employee sustained third degree burns and lacerations to the top of the left hand that required surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Molten or hot metals, slag
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate