Thermal burns third degree or higher

Name: Thermal burns third degree or higher at Empire City Iron Works
Start: 1/23/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025010737 · 1/23/2025 · Empire City Iron Works

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
Nature of injury: Thermal burns third degree or higher

Cause

Event: Ignition of clothing
Source: Gloves, handguards except disposable, electric insulating
Secondary source: Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name: Empire City Iron Works
Location: 1 Liberty Plaza, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10006
NAICS: 236210
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was grinding a steel plate when a spark set his glove on fire and burned the back of his left hand. He suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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