Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at AlCuMet, Inc.
Start: 10/23/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011070 · 10/23/2019 · AlCuMet, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Chemical products, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: AlCuMet, Inc.
Location: 3 Planeview Drive, LONDONDERRY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03053
NAICS: 331529
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was changing a burner tube on a furnace when molten salt poured out of the tube and onto their leg. The employee was hospitalized with third degree burns to the right leg.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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