Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Fastenal Company
Start: 1/13/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020010336 · 1/13/2020 · Fastenal Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Petroleum, crude oil
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Fastenal Company
Location: 61 Barnes Industrial Park, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was up on a work platform removing the cover from an oil filter housing to change out the filters on a furnace when the oil pump continued to push out the oil, which contacted the employee and landed on the hot furnace. The oil then flashed and the employee received second and third degree burns on the left arm, left side of the back, buttocks, and flank area.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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