Incident date: 2024-10-15
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was refueling a lawn mower with a 5-gallon safety gas can. The equipment and the employee's upper body caught fire. He was able to remove his shirt, but suffered second-degree burns on the face, chest, arms, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Lawn mower  walk behind
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate