Incident date: 2024-10-03
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a torch to dismantle a boiler in the basement when the torch slipped out of his hand and swung in the opposite direction, catching his shirt on fire. The employee sustained a burn to his right arm and the right side of his stomach.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Clothing
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate