Incident date: 2020-11-16
NAICS industry code: 238110

After filling a demolition saw with fuel, an employee started the saw up to cut rebar. Gas spilled out of the saw onto the employee's right pants leg, and a spark from the cutting ignited it. The employee's right leg was burned above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate