Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Kansas Electric
Start: 6/19/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020065754 · 6/19/2020 · Kansas Electric

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: Small-scale (limited) fire
Source: Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel

Employer

Name: Kansas Electric
Location: 1420 NW. 36th St., NEWTON, KANSAS, 67114
NAICS: 238210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working to ignite a scrap wood burn pile using gasoline. When the gasoline caught fire there was a large burst of flame and the employee sustained burns to both arms, a portion of the back, their lips, and hair.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown