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Second degree heat (thermal) burns

1 hospitalization · 2017109450 · 10/2/2017 · Attic Breeze, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Small-scale (limited) fire
Source
Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
Secondary source
Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified

Employer

Name
Attic Breeze, LLC
Location
1370 FM 116, GATESVILLE, TEXAS, 76528
NAICS
325510
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee took a vacuum of powder to the burn pit where another employee had been burning scrap wood, old pallets and boxes. The employee dumped the vacuum of powder onto the burn pit and the fire reignited. The employee received first and second degree burns to both legs.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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