Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc.
Start: 8/12/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015085714 · 8/12/2015 · Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
Source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Secondary source: Power lines, transformers, convertors

Employer

Name: Birchcrest Tree and Landscape, Inc.
Location: 98 Holly Ridge Circle, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14625
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A crew was trimming tree limbs away from power lines. An employee got too close to the power lines and the current arced from the wire onto the employee whose shirt caught fire and burned his back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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