Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Intercoastal Repair Services
Start: 4/27/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020043862 · 4/27/2020 · Intercoastal Repair Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
Source: Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
Secondary source: Molten or hot metals, slag

Employer

Name: Intercoastal Repair Services
Location: 3100 River Road, JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, 70121
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was repairing a leak on a barge. After repairing the leak, the employee was working overhead when fire/slag from a welding torch's oxygen line fell on his glove, igniting and burning his left hand and forearm. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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