Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Yates Bleachery Company
Start: 11/1/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191111427 · 11/1/2019 · Yates Bleachery Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Secondary source: Power washers

Employer

Name: Yates Bleachery Company
Location: 503 Flintstone Road, FLINTSTONE, GEORGIA, 30725
NAICS: 313310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was cleaning a forklift engine with a pressure washer when the nozzle tip came off and steam released. He suffered a laceration and burns to his hand.

Source

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