Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
Start: 7/11/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022076006 · 7/11/2022 · U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Upper and lower limb(s)
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Confined spaces, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Confined spaces, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: U.S. Department of Agriculture - U.S. Forest Service
Location: 161 E 1st Ave, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 99501
NAICS: 115310
Jurisdiction: 0

Narrative

An employee was connecting two hoses together on a fire line when they fell into a hot ash pit and sustained second degree burns to the shoulder, hands, and knee.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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