Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
Start: 7/4/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018076691 · 7/4/2018 · JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.

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: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Hydrogen

Employer

Name: JV Industrial Companies, Ltd.
Location: Shell Convent Refinery, CONVENT, LOUISIANA, 70723
NAICS: 325120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were removing a valve from a 4-inch hydrogen line in a sulfur unit. One employee was loosening the bottom bolts of the flange. As the flange was opened, hydrogen escaped and caused a flash fire that burned the two employees. The employees suffered second degree burns on the ears, right wrist, right arm, back of the neck, and the back. One employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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