Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was preparing to unload liquid asphalt from the tanker truck into the storage tank at the asphalt plant. Hot oil splashed onto the employee after the cap was removed to hook up the hose. The employee sustained burns to the arms and shoulders (4.5% of his body). The safety valve was not closed […]

An employee was removing the cap from a hot radiator. The cap exploded when the employee’s wet towel touched it and hot radiator fluid burned the employee’s face, neck and torso.

An employee was working in an area with an open-ended line when hot steam/water splashed on his back.

An employee was hospitalized for burns to his right foot when he rinsed himself with hot water.

An employee was cutting the coke or removing the coke from the drum to the loading area. Steam was released during the coke cutting process and the employee suffered burns to the neck/jawline and hand/wrist areas.

An employee side stepped and then tripped and fell. When he reached his arms out to brace for impact, his right arm entered a mop cart of hot asphalt and sustained burns from the top of the hand to just below the elbow.

An employee was opening a 4-inch condensate line to replace a gasket. Hot condensate steam was released from the flange, burning the employee’s elbow and hand.

An employee was rinsing out an empty 55-gallon oil drum with hot water. The water splashed out of the drum, burning the employee’s left shoulder, arm, thigh, and hip.

An employee was closing a separator when a pipe popped off, releasing tallow that burned the employee’s left upper arm.

An employee was cleaning slag from a vessel containing molten copper. The slag and molten copper splashed onto the employee’s left foot burning it.