Incident date: 2025-07-02
NAICS industry code: 333111

The injured employee had been working with xylene in a paint booth and exited the paint booth for a smoke break. The employee dropped his lighter, causing his clothing to catch fire, possibly from xylene vapors. The employee sustained burns from their chest down to their thighs and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Clothing
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  unspecified
severity: moderate