Incident date: 2020-10-23
NAICS industry code: 493190

An employee was painting a container using an airless sprayer. The employee cleaned the sprayer with a paint thinner and thinner spilled onto their clothing. The employee then used a propane torch and their clothing caught on fire. The employee sustained third degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Clothing, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate