Incident date: 2025-08-22
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was cleaning a seam with weather membrane cleaner. The cleaner soaked into the employee's gloves, and they caught fire when a cigarette was lit. The employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ignition of clothing
code_source: title: Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate