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Second degree heat (thermal) burns

1 hospitalization · 2022075781 · 7/1/2022 · Clean Harbors Environmental Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified
Nature of injury
Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event
Contact with hot objects or substances
Source
Nonclassifiable

Employer

Name
Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Location
2001 US-81, MEDFORD, OKLAHOMA, 73759
NAICS
562910
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was vacuuming up media from a vertical tube dryer while standing inside a plastic collection container while a co-worker was outside of the container with a shovel trying to loosen up the media still inside the dryer. The media inside the dryer became dislodged and entered the collection container, engulfing the employee up to the bottom of his hips. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to both of his legs, just below the hips.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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