Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Element Services, LLC
Start: 10/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181011101 · 10/27/2018 · Element Services, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Explosion, unspecified
Source: Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Secondary source: Hand grinders-powered

Employer

Name: Element Services, LLC
Location: Highway 14 between 83-85, BRIGGSDALE, COLORADO, 80611
NAICS: 238910
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were constructing a tank battery and removing a bottom hatch with a grinder when a fire and explosion occurred from an empty tank. The injured employee received body burns that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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