Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at WorkSource Inc.
Start: 7/20/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076556 · 7/20/2016 · WorkSource Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fall on same level due to slipping
Source: Floor, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Liquids, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WorkSource Inc.
Location: 275 Myrtle Rd., KAHOKA, MISSOURI, 63445
NAICS: 541990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was filling candle forms with hot wax. Hot wax leaked onto the floor. The employee slipped on the hot wax and fell on the wax suffering third degree burns to the right calf and first degree burns to other parts of the body.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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