Incident date: 2022-10-31
NAICS industry code: 327320

An employee was driving a truck, pulling away from a plant, when six vape pen batteries in his right front pants pocket ignited. He suffered severe burns to the upper right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Small-scale (limited) fire
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate