Incident date: 2018-01-05
NAICS industry code: 333112

An employee was walking on a mulch pile to check for fire when a portion gave out. The employee then fell farther into the burning pile, suffering second degree burns to his right leg and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Animal and plant byproducts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate