Incident date: 2023-11-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was de-soldering a copper pipe from an A-coil on an HVAC unit. Oil and refrigerant residue caught fire, and the employee suffered first-, second-, and third-degree burns on the right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate