Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Supreme Mechanical Services
Start: 9/6/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098198 · 9/6/2023 · Supreme Mechanical Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
Source: Propane

Employer

Name: Supreme Mechanical Services
Location: 2220 NE 8TH STREET, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33030
NAICS: 811310
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was preparing a reach in cooler (fry cooler) and charging the system with refrigerant (R290)with his gauges. When the employee removed the gauges from the liquid line service valve, the refrigerant immediately escaped, and the liquid refrigerant exploded due to an unknown ignition source. The employee was burned on the face, hands, abdomen and knees.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown