Incident date: 2015-06-18
NAICS industry code: 336999

An employee was showing another employee how to weld frames and the trainee accidentally contacted the trainer's arm with the hot welding rod. The trainer was wearing an approved welding sleeve. The resulting injury became infected and the employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Welding and heating handtools-powered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate