Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Mississippi Lime Company
Start: 3/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019032430 · 3/6/2019 · Mississippi Lime Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
Source: Clothing, unspecified
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Mississippi Lime Company
Location: 1715 Haining Rd, VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 39183
NAICS: 327410
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in a truck bay, servicing 18-wheeler trucks. A propane heater ignited an oil rag on his clothes, causing third-degree burns on his front and back. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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