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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2019010100 · 1/3/2019 · Western Recycling
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Lower leg(s)
- Nature of injury
- Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
- Source
- Clothing, unspecified
- Secondary source
- Furnaces, heaters
Employer
- Name
- Western Recycling
- Location
- 1990 South Cole, BOISE, IDAHO, 83709
- NAICS
- 423930
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was standing next to a propane heater when his clothes caught on fire, burning his lower legs.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown