Incident date: 2020-10-22
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was using a torch to dismantle a refrigerator. As the torch cut a copper tube the torch burst into flames and the employee sustained burns to the head, face, and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Welding, cutting, and blow torches
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate