Incident date: 2023-11-30
NAICS industry code: 238160

On November 30, 2023, the injured employee was using a torch to melt ice and snow off a roof so another employee could apply a primer to seal a gutter to the roof. The 3-gallon bucket of primer ignited on the roof. The injured employee went to move the bucket off the roof when primer splashed onto him, causing him to catch on fire. The employee suffered third-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
code_source: title: Tars, sealants, caulking, insulation, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate