OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221436876

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER

LOS ANGELES, CA· 2022-01-26T00:00:00

Event: Acetylene Torch, Burn, Clothing, Cutting, Excavation, Fire, Leg, Shoring, Steel Plate
NAICS: 221310
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345780126
Employer profile: LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
Summary number: 221436876
Report ID: 0950641

Event description

Employee is burned when pants catch fire while torch cutting

Investigation abstract

At 12:30 p.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee was using an oxy-acetylene torch to cut a steel plate which was to be used as part of a shoring system for a deep excavation. While cutting the plate, his pants caught fire resulted in a serious burn to his right shin. The employee was hospitalized to treat a second-degree burn on his right shin which required a skin graft.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
783

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