Incident date: 2015-06-20
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee suffered burns on his right leg while using a gas saw to cut steel. The employee was cutting steel when the sparks from the gas saw ignited his jeans. He 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: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate