Incident date: 2015-10-29
NAICS industry code: 331513

An employee was using an Oxy/Acetylene torch to cut steel to fix a machine in the fabrication shop. The acetylene line burst and caught the employee's jacket on fire. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to his right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Suits, coats, jackets
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate