Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at BOYERTOWN FOUNDRY COMPANY
Start: 8/1/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085331 · 8/1/2015 · BOYERTOWN FOUNDRY COMPANY

Severity

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

Cause

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

Employer

Name: BOYERTOWN FOUNDRY COMPANY
Location: 9TH & ROTHERMEL DRIVE, NEW BERLINVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 19545
NAICS: 333414
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On 08/01/2015, at 0700 a.m., an employee was removing chilled iron from a cupola moat when he sustained burns to his hands, arms, and face. The employee drove the bucket loader into the moat after water was applied to hot sand, which caused steam to burn the employee.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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