Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Shelby Erectors, Inc.
Start: 8/19/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088527 · 8/19/2019 · Shelby Erectors, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Saws-powered, except chainsaws

Employer

Name: Shelby Erectors, Inc.
Location: I-4 Ultimate Project, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32801
NAICS: 238120
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was setting a pier column and needed to cut a piece of rebar with a gas-powered saw. When the employee started the saw to cut the rebar, it exploded and his pant leg caught on fire, burning the back of his left leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown