Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
Start: 11/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191112234 · 11/26/2019 · Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
Source: Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
Secondary source: Chips, particles, splinters, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Pomp's Tire Service, Inc.
Location: 550 Sunnyside Road, BEDFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15522
NAICS: 326211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was branding a tire. A piece of rubber came away from the tire and remained on the branding iron. When the employee flung the burning piece of rubber onto the floor, it caught rags on the floor on fire and the employee suffered burns to the left lower leg.

Source

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