Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Wisco Inc.
Start: 1/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010149 · 1/5/2018 · Wisco Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Lubricating greases, cutting oils
Secondary source: Heat guns

Employer

Name: Wisco Inc.
Location: 15495 Highway Two West, WILLISTON, NORTH DAKOTA, 58801
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was warming up a hydraulic cylinder with a propane heater when hydraulic fluid shot through a pinhole leak in the feed line toward the propane heater and ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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