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Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

1 hospitalization · 2019021526 · 2/11/2019 · Park Place Motorcars

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source
Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel
Secondary source
Battery-vehicle

Employer

Name
Park Place Motorcars
Location
6113 Lemmon Ave, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75209
NAICS
811121
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee installed a fuel pump on a customer's car and was bleeding the air out of the fuel lines. When all of the air was bled out fuel started to spray out onto his face, chest, arm and hand. He jumped back to get away from the spraying fuel and the wrench he was using to loosen the fuel line touched the positive terminal on the battery and caused a spark which ignited the fuel. The employee suffered third degree burns to the right hand.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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