Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Gunite Corporation
Start: 2/2/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018021119 · 2/2/2018 · Gunite Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Oxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified
Secondary source: Welding, cutting, and blow torches

Employer

Name: Gunite Corporation
Location: 302 Peoples Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
NAICS: 331513
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using an oxygen lance to clean a cupola slag runner (a portion of a foundry furnace) when the oxygen line supplying the lance failed causing a flame to strike the employee and enter his glove. The employee sustained third degree burns to the back and palm of his right hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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