Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Intuform Technologies
Start: 1/22/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018010692 · 1/22/2018 · Intuform Technologies

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water

Employer

Name: Intuform Technologies
Location: corner of Halleck Ave. & W 19th St., PUEBLO, COLORADO, 81003
NAICS: 221310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was directing other employees who were installing a cured in-place pipe when hot water splashed from the installation equipment and contacted the employee. He suffered first to second degree burns on his upper body and fractured several fingers when he fell on the ground. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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