Incident date: 2024-02-29
NAICS industry code: 924120

While cutting a fence to gain access to flank a fire, the wind shifted and blew the fire toward the flanking unit. An employee was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns to the face and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Forest fire or wildfire
code_source: title: Plants, trees, vegetation  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Head and extremities
severity: moderate