Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Apache Corporation
Start: 11/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191111569 · 11/6/2019 · Apache Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Mining and drilling machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: Apache Corporation
Location: Mont Blanc Central Tank Battery, TOYAH, TEXAS, 79785
NAICS: 211111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to light the pilot on a buster at a tank battery when a flash-back occurred which blew him back 15-20 feet. The employee sustained second degree burns on part of his face and hands and was hospitalized.

Source

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