Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Oxbow Calcining, LLC
Start: 8/31/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086289 · 8/31/2015 · Oxbow Calcining, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water

Employer

Name: Oxbow Calcining, LLC
Location: 2200 Brooklawn Dr., BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70807
NAICS: 324191
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

While an employee was moving a small pile of hot material with a bobcat, a flash of steam entered the cab of the bobcat. The employee exited the cab and tripped into a pool of hot water, receiving first and second degree burns and requiring hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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