Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at NAES Power Contractors
Start: 11/6/2020

2 hospitalizations · 20201110552 · 11/6/2020 · NAES Power Contractors

Severity

Hospitalized: 2
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Molten or hot metals, slag

Employer

Name: NAES Power Contractors
Location: 595 Plant Road, NEW FLORENCE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15944
NAICS: 221119
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Two employees were vacuuming the top of a seal pot for a boiler, using a 6-inch steel flex hose. An eruption of molten ash blew back onto the employees and burned the employees on the face and neck. Both employee were hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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