Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Cambridge Care Center
Start: 8/28/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023087919 · 8/28/2023 · Cambridge Care Center

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Cambridge Care Center
Location: 1685 Eaton Street, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, 80214
NAICS: 623110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was tightening bolts on a pump in the boiler room to address a leak when the volute (the part the pump attaches to) and the seal potentially burst under pressure. The employee sustained thermal burns from steam.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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