Incident date: 2018-08-25
NAICS industry code: 332618

An employee was working on a slide gate at the bottom of a ladle. The employee was lancing the bottom of the ladle to open it up when the oxygen lance leaked oxygen into his glove. A spark then ignited the glove on the employee's left hand, burning it.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate