Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc.
Start: 5/18/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015052971 · 5/18/2015 · Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
Source: Clothing, unspecified
Secondary source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space

Employer

Name: Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc.
Location: County Road 7, SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS, 67756
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was loading oil into the gun barrel while on a ladder. The gun barrel caught fire possibly from the electric heating element and ignited the employee's FR clothes. The employee received second degree burns on his forearm, his hand, and behind his ear.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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