Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at North American Industrial Services, Inc.
Start: 3/15/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032383 · 3/15/2017 · North American Industrial Services, 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: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Boilers

Employer

Name: North American Industrial Services, Inc.
Location: Covanta Energy, AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS, 01001
NAICS: 561790
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was inside the boiler removing broken pieces of refractory from the hopper using a water hose when the wall directly in front of the employee released hot ash and refractory onto the employee. The employee rolled into the hopper and was engulfed by the hot ash and debris. The employee suffered burns to 65% of his body ranging from first to third degree burns. The worst of the burns were to his legs and ankles.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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