Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Brennan Services
Start: 2/1/2021

2 hospitalizations · 2021020895 · 2/1/2021 · Brennan Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 2
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Brennan Services
Location: 38 Technology Drive, TRIADELPHIA, WEST VIRGINIA, 26059
NAICS: 213112
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees had been pumping out oil and gas waste water from a tanker truck. Vapors/fumes from the condensate mixed in with the waste water caught fire when a torpedo heater started up and a spark shot out of the back. Two employees sustained multiple second and third degree burns and were hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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