Incident date: 2015-09-09
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was fighting a fire in a remote area. The employee had an extra drip torch, which had leaked fuel. The residual fuel caught on fire, and the employee sustained second degree burns on the back of the arm, above the left elbow in the triceps area, as well as burns around both legs/sock areas.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate