Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
Start: 3/6/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020032167 · 3/6/2020 · Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
Location: 1 Hawes St., TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18848
NAICS: 331492
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was visually inspecting the calciner (furnace) tube. When the employee removed the manifold for the calciner tube, tungsten (product) and nitrogen and/or hydrogen caused an explosion inside the calciner tube. Flames shot out of the end of the tube and burned the employee's face and right forearm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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