Incident date: 2021-02-01
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was using a cutting torch to cut steel when the clothing on his leg caught fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns to his lower right leg.

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: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate