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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2020087945 · 8/21/2020 · Joseph McCormick Construction Co., Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Road grading and surfacing machinery, unspecified
Secondary source
Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement

Employer

Name
Joseph McCormick Construction Co., Inc.
Location
Route 20 & Hannon Road, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16510
NAICS
238910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee had been conducting flagging operations at an intersection where other employees were applying hot tar to the road. The employee went to get onto the hot tar buggy to ride to the next intersection but fell off the buggy and landed in hot tar that had puddled on the road. The employee sustained burns to his left arm and right hand. He also sustained a bruised left leg.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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