Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Life Enriching Advancing People
Start: 9/16/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099666 · 9/16/2019 · Life Enriching Advancing People

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Commercial or retail building, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Propane

Employer

Name: Life Enriching Advancing People
Location: 313 Framington Falls Road, FARMINGTON, MAINE, 04938
NAICS: 813319
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was showing fire department first responders the entrance to a building when the building exploded. The propane explosion injured the employee's head and leg, also causing second- and third-degree burns on 85% of the employee's body. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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