Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Weill Cornell Medicine
Start: 6/14/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016065274 · 6/14/2016 · Weill Cornell Medicine

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water
Secondary source: Pipe fittings, collars

Employer

Name: Weill Cornell Medicine
Location: 515 East 71st St., NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10065
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a hot condensate steam-line joint when the steam pipe broke and hot condensate steam splashed onto and burned his left thigh, right thigh, and right forearm.

Source

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