Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Braskem America, Inc.
Start: 1/25/2018

2 hospitalizations · 2018010842 · 1/25/2018 · Braskem America, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 2
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Explosion, unspecified
Source: Other special process machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Braskem America, Inc.
Location: 5005 East Highway 332, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
NAICS: 325110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were performing maintenance and troubleshooting on the B side of a reactor catalyst feed system when the tubing failed on the A side and caused an explosion of hydrocarbon products. Both employees received thermal burns and were hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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