Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ARC Industries, Inc.
Start: 1/28/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022010818 · 1/28/2022 · ARC Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Batteries other than automotive

Employer

Name: ARC Industries, Inc.
Location: 4200 Bixby Road, GROVEPORT, OHIO, 43125
NAICS: 623110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a manual hydraulic lift to transfer a program participant into a wheelchair, and the battery needed replacing. When the employee engaged the replacement battery, the battery failed, and the employee suffered thermal and chemical burns.

Source

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