Incident date: 2019-04-17
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was using a handheld propane torch to heat the end of another tool. The employee turned the propane torch off and set it on a truck. The truck caught on fire. The employee and another employee tried to suffocate the fire, then used fire extinguishers to put the fire out. Both employees sustained burns to the right arm and face. One employee also sustained a burn to the back. They were both hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low