Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 333992

On February 21, 2024, an employee was harnessed on a lift attempting to cut into a piece of pipe that they were going to fabricate. The pipe caught fire. The employee's sweatshirt also caught fire and the employee sustained burns to their face, arm, and hands as they attempted to remove the sweatshirt.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate