Incident date: 2025-01-17
NAICS industry code: 237110

On January 17, 2025, an employee was starting a tree limb and stump burn pile at an excavation site using diesel fuel and a starter stick. The wind shifted and vapors ignited causing a fire. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their face, arms, and knees and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Flash fire
code_source: title: Petroleum-based fuels
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate