Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Taylor Machine Works, Inc.
Start: 1/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010168 · 1/5/2018 · Taylor Machine Works, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
Source: Clothing, unspecified
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Taylor Machine Works, Inc.
Location: 3690 N. Church Ave., LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 39339
NAICS: 333924
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to warm himself near a commercial floor heater. As he walked away from the heater, he felt heat close to his neck and realized his clothes were on fire. He rolled to extinguish the flame, but his left and right shoulders received second and third degree burns and both hands suffered first degree burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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