Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was carrying hot tar for a roofing installation when the tar burned him.

Three employees were cutting bolts off a man way using a grinder. Sparks from the grinder caused a flash fire and the employees were burned. Two employees were hospitalized. The third employee was treated and released.

An employee was burned in an explosion that happened while a vacuum trailer was being power-washed.

An employee was walking by a room where a subcontractor had been working on a pipe and heard a hissing noise that made him think that gas was leaking. He evacuated the room and told the subcontract workers to leave when the gas ignited. The employee received burns to his hands, face, and shoulders.

An employee was holding onto a pressurized hot water hose when hot water splashed onto the employee causing burns to their arms, chest and leg.

An employee was operating the casting machine. A malfunction allowed molten copper to be poured into water creating an explosion. The employee sustained burns to the face, neck, and shoulder and an eye injury.

An employee was arriving at his workstation when a flash fire occurred inside a plastic scrap recycling machine. He suffered burns to his left arm and shoulder area, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was attempting to clear a plugged pipe when a 3/4 ” threaded nipple blew out, causing the contents of the line and flush water to strike the employee. He suffered thermal burns on his abdomen, hands, and arms.

An employee was undertaking a washout task on a skid when a hydrocarbon release was ignited by an unknown source. A flash fire burned the employee’s lower back, face, neck, and hands. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee opened a radiator cap to add water to the radiator. Hot fluid sprayed out, burning his abdomen, an ear, and his hand. He was hospitalized.