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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2016109784 · 10/17/2016 · Environmental Painting Alternatives, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Hand(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- Source
- Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
- Secondary source
- Power washers
Employer
- Name
- Environmental Painting Alternatives, Inc.
- Location
- 555 Martin St., APOPKA, FLORIDA, 32703
- NAICS
- 561790
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was refilling a gas powered pressure washer when some gasoline spilled onto the hot muffler and ignited, burning his hands.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown