Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at JT Shannon Lumber Company
Start: 3/31/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018033116 · 3/31/2018 · JT Shannon Lumber Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Fire, unspecified
Source: Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name: JT Shannon Lumber Company
Location: 2200 Cole Road, HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI, 38637
NAICS: 423310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were trying to contain a fire at the bottom of a silo using a water hose. After they contained the fire, an employee opened the silo's side door and a small explosion occurred. One of the employee's suffered second degree burns on the forearms and face (right side).

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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