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Second degree heat (thermal) burns
1 hospitalization · 2019088181 · 8/9/2019 · Pacific Ethanol Aurora West, LLC
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Arm(s), unspecified
- Nature of injury
- Second degree heat (thermal) burns
Cause
- Event
- Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- Source
- Ethanol
Employer
- Name
- Pacific Ethanol Aurora West, LLC
- Location
- 2103 Harvest Dr., AURORA, NEBRASKA, 68818
- NAICS
- 325193
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was closing a valve when welding sparks ignited ethanol. The employee suffered second-degree burns to both arms.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown