Second degree electrical burns

Name: Second degree electrical burns at Tolin Mechanical Systems Company
Start: 8/14/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088297 · 8/14/2018 · Tolin Mechanical Systems Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
Nature of injury: Second degree electrical burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
Secondary source: Pumps

Employer

Name: Tolin Mechanical Systems Company
Location: 420 S Rush Road, RUSH, COLORADO, 80833
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on an electrical component of the water pump when the lead contacts sparked. The sparks ignited an unknown gas that was coming from a capped well in the work area. The employee was engulfed in flames and sustained first and second degree burns to both hands and wrists and first degree burns to his face.

Source

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