Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Start: 3/28/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017032796 · 3/28/2017 · WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Location: 177 Robert Treat Paine Drive, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02780
NAICS: 334516
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a valve end cap that was located on the front of the temperature control skid of a reactor when steam and hot water exited the end of the pipe and caused second degree burns to the employee's left arm, leg, and side of the body.

Source

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