Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS
Start: 8/19/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017088001 · 8/19/2017 · RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
Source: Animal products-nonfood, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Welding, cutting, and blow torches

Employer

Name: RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS
Location: 7755 N State Highway 393, SCRANTON, ARKANSAS, 72863
NAICS: 311613
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was welding on a metal floor grate in the load-out building when some overhead blood meal came down causing a flash fire. He received burns to his left arm and hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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