Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Humane Manufacturing Company LLC
Start: 6/4/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021064565 · 6/4/2021 · Humane Manufacturing Company LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Humane Manufacturing Company LLC
Location: 1350 Venture Drive, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
NAICS: 326299
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tending to a grinder machine that was smoking. The machine caught fire and exploded. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns to their back and both arms.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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