Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Bureau of Land Management
Start: 9/9/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015096565 · 9/9/2015 · Bureau of Land Management

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
Secondary source: Fire, flame

Employer

Name: Bureau of Land Management
Location: Resource Benefit Fire, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, 87505
NAICS: 921190
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was fighting a fire in a remote area. The employee had an extra drip torch, which had leaked fuel. The residual fuel caught on fire, and the employee sustained second degree burns on the back of the arm, above the left elbow in the triceps area, as well as burns around both legs/sock areas.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown