Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.
Start: 9/23/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017099144 · 9/23/2017 · New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Road grading and surfacing machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company, Inc.
Location: Intersection Route 30 and SR 616, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17404
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing to clean a clogged spray bar on a distributor truck (tack truck). When the employee removed the protective screen that covers the bolts securing the cover, hot oil sprayed onto the employee's right hand and arm causing second degree burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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