Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Sealcoating, Inc.
Start: 8/17/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018088465 · 8/17/2018 · Sealcoating, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Wheelbarrow

Employer

Name: Sealcoating, Inc.
Location: Fall river Expressway, PORTSMOUTH, RHODE ISLAND, 02871
NAICS: 237310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a wheelbarrow to pour hot stone and rubber into a bridge plug joint when the wheelbarrow started to tip over. As he tried to stop it from falling, the hot rubber contacted his skin, causing a third degree burn to his right forearm between the wrist and elbow.

Source

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