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Second degree heat (thermal) burns
1 hospitalization · 2020010673 · 1/21/2020 · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
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
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Source
- Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- Secondary source
- Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
- Location
- 55 FRUIT STREET, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02114
- NAICS
- 621511
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
Steam burst out of an autoclave when an employee opened it, causing second-degree burns to the employee's face, chest, and right arm.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown