Incident date: 2021-12-27
NAICS industry code: 423930

On December 27, 2021, a temporary employee was using a cutting torch to cut metal. The gas hoses were much larger than the cutting torch fittings and the hoses were clamped onto the fitting of the cutting torch with a metal clamp allowing the hoses to leak. A flash fire occurred and the temporary employee sustained second and third degree burns over 20 percent of his body.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, unspecified
severity: moderate