Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
Start: 4/26/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043581 · 4/26/2022 · Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls

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

Employer

Name: Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls
Location: 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
NAICS: 336611
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was performing carbon arc welding when hot multi-metal weld fell downward and onto the employee's skin between the neck and chest, under the collar of the employee's fire-rated overalls. The employee suffered second and third degree burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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