Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC
Start: 7/31/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015075299 · 7/31/2015 · Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC

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: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC
Location: Steel of WV, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25703
NAICS: 238290
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was spraying water onto scrap steel that had spilled out of a furnace and had been cut into pieces using an oxygen lance. A steam explosion occurred, causing a second degree steam burn to his face and hands. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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