Incident date: 2021-04-13
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was performing forestry-related burning operations. He had one burn torch in his hand and another attached to his fire line pack. The second torch failed; fuel got free of the drip torch and was ignited by the open flames. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the backs of his legs.

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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate