Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Quality Electric Steel Casters
Start: 12/19/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210997 · 12/19/2022 · Quality Electric Steel Casters

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lumbar region
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source
Source: Clothing, unspecified
Secondary source: Furnaces, heaters

Employer

Name: Quality Electric Steel Casters
Location: 252 McCarty Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
NAICS: 332510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working near an open flame heater when the flames contacted the employee's clothing and caught fire. The employee sustained second-degree burns to the hands and third-degree burns to the lower back.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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