Incident date: 2024-10-16
NAICS industry code: 237990

On October 16, 2024, at approximately 10:00 a.m., a welder bent over to pick up a pair of gloves when a propane heater ignited the employee's clothing, causing third-degree burns to the back of the employee's right leg and knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Clothing
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Knee(s) and leg(s)
severity: moderate