Incident date: 2022-11-15
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was using a portable grinder with a cutting wheel attachment to cut a steel tube. As the employee was cutting, sparks flew from the grinder and his shirt caught on fire, resulting in second-degree burns.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate