Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Noble Drilling, LLC
Start: 12/4/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191212481 · 12/4/2019 · Noble Drilling, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Noble Drilling, LLC
Location: TI-IVES-157-94-0601-H-6 Well Site, TIOGA, NORTH DAKOTA, 58852
NAICS: 213111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was monitoring a 2-inch hose that was being thawed out using steam and was about to uncouple it to drain the line. When he unlatched the cam locks, built-up steam in the line released and burned the employee's face.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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