Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Atlanta Gas Light
Start: 12/21/2020

1 hospitalization · 20201211887 · 12/21/2020 · Atlanta Gas Light

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, n.e.c.
Source: Residential building, except institutionalized, unspecified

Employer

Name: Atlanta Gas Light
Location: 10 Peachtree Place Northeast, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30309
NAICS: 221210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was measuring natural gas levels in the vicinity of suspected damage to a natural gas line. An adjacent apartment building exploded and caught fire, and the employee suffered burns to the side of his face and his left hand. He was hospitalized.

Source

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