Incident date: 2015-02-03
NAICS industry code: 238990

An oxy-fuel cutter caught his lower right pant leg on fire on 1/31/15 resulting in third degree burns on his right leg from the ankle to the knee. The worker was hospitalized on 2/3/15 for treatment of the burn injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
code_source: title: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
severity: moderate