Incident date: 2016-04-29
NAICS industry code: 332710

The employee was conducting welding operations on the sub frame of a truck trailer. Hot sparks from weld spatter fell onto his shirt and the shirt caught on fire. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to his chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate