Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Associate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Start: 5/23/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018055037 · 5/23/2018 · Associate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and trunk
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Associate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Location: 22777 Soboba Road, SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, 92583
NAICS: 238990
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was tightening a coupling on a piping system that was under pressure. The coupling failed and the air pressure released and steam contacted the employee. The employee suffered stomach and facial burns and fractures.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown