Incident date: 2015-03-25
NAICS industry code: 336611

An employee was installing a doubler plate on a ballast tank on a boat that was in dry dock. He was stooped down with his back against pipes, welding a vertical patch on the tank about 4 to 5 inches from his right leg, when his pants caught fire. The employee was welding in very tight quarters.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate