Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Kinnunen Sales & Rentals
Start: 1/15/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016010425 · 1/15/2016 · Kinnunen Sales & Rentals

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified

Employer

Name: Kinnunen Sales & Rentals
Location: 707 E. 6th St., STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, 74074
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was welding near waste motor oil. The waste motor oil caught fire and the employee sustained first to third degree burns to the legs while putting the fire out.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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