Thermal burns second degree

Name: Thermal burns second degree at H.E. NEUMANN COMPANY
Start: 6/12/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024065214 · 6/12/2024 · H.E. NEUMANN COMPANY

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Thermal burns second degree

Cause

Event: Flash fire
Source: Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Blow torches except welding

Employer

Name: H.E. NEUMANN COMPANY
Location: Salem Correctional Center, INDUSTRIAL, WEST VIRGINIA, 26426
NAICS: 238220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was heating up a discharge refrigerant line on a compressor using a torch to replace the compressor. When he went to remove the line from the compressor, a fireball exited the compressor line burning his left forearm, wrist and hand. The employee was hospitalized for second-degree burns to the left forearm and hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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