Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Name: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Down East Energy
Start: 10/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010772 · 10/18/2018 · Down East Energy

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Eye(s)
Nature of injury: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Boilers

Employer

Name: Down East Energy
Location: 178 Sea Meadows, YARMOUTH, MAINE, 04096
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was attempting to relight a pilot light on a customer's hot water heater when the unit flashed, causing a propane blowback into the employee's face that knocked off his safety glasses and caused a possible injury to his eyes.

Source

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