Incident date: 2017-05-05
NAICS industry code: 423820

On May 5, 2017, an employee was using a cutting torch to dismantle equipment when the employee's shirt caught on fire. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the abdomen and 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: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate