Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Progress Rail Services Corporation
Start: 9/14/2023

1 hospitalization · 2023098489 · 9/14/2023 · Progress Rail Services Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water

Employer

Name: Progress Rail Services Corporation
Location: 350 11th Street SW, ARAB, ALABAMA, 35016
NAICS: 336510
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was pumping out a parts washer. He went to remove the rear and mid floor panels from the washer and placed his right foot on a structural cross member. As he reached to remove the rear panel cover his right foot slipped into the front right reservoir and was partially submerged in hot water. He sustained burns to his right foot, ankle, and shin.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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