Incident date: 2019-11-12
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using an arc gouger with compressed air when his fire resistant shirt caught a hot spot. The hot spot was put out but rekindled, resulting in a burn on the employee's left tricep. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper arm(s)
severity: moderate