Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Foley Equipment Company
Start: 10/30/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015108173 · 10/30/2015 · Foley Equipment Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
Source: Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
Secondary source: Molten or hot metals, slag

Employer

Name: Foley Equipment Company
Location: 1805 Lincoln St, CONCORDIA, KANSAS, 66901
NAICS: 423820
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a cutting torch to cut hooks from the bucket of a front end loader. Slag inadvertently fell onto his left pants leg catching his pants leg on fire. The employee was burned on his shin and hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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