Incident date: 2018-01-16
NAICS industry code: 811192

An employee was grinding metal adjacent to a plasma torch cutter. Sparks from the grinder ignited acetylene gas from the plasma cutter. The employee suffered second or third degree burns to his neck and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Aromatics and hydrocarbon derivatives, except halogenated, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate