Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at NAES Power Contractors
Start: 9/9/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018099309 · 9/9/2018 · NAES Power Contractors

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Knee(s) and leg(s)
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: NAES Power Contractors
Location: Conemaugh Generating Station, NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15944
NAICS: 221119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was vacuuming fly ash on the top section of a boiler when he stepped into an unusually deep section of fly ash, sinking into it up to his knees. The fly ash, which was still hot, went under his pants and into his shoes, causing second degree burns to both legs from the knees down.

Source

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