Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Sterigenics US LLC
Start: 7/10/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018076899 · 7/10/2018 · Sterigenics US LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Ethylene oxide

Employer

Name: Sterigenics US LLC
Location: 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30339
NAICS: 561990
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to load a sterilization chamber with pallets of medical devices. As he drove out of the chamber, ethylene oxide gas exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over his body and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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