Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was repairing a leak in a gas line. He was cutting the line when a flash occurred and severely burned both of his hands, requiring hospitalization.

The employees were bringing the paper machine back online. The waste paper stock went into the overflow chest to be returned to pulp. An employee went out to observe the overflow from the chest in the street to make sure the sewer drain did not clog. As the employee was standing by the sewer drain, […]

An employee was clearing a clog in a rotary kiln’s discharge hopper when hot debris splashed onto his fire-resistant clothing and then into his boot, burning his right foot. He was hospitalized.

An employee was welding on a metal floor grate in the load-out building when some overhead blood meal came down causing a flash fire. He received burns to his left arm and hand.

An employee was starting a plastic extrusion line when hot plastic burned his arm. PPE was not worn at the time of the incident.

Two employees were performing servicing work at a natural gas refrigeration plant when a fire erupted and seriously burned their backs.

An employee was burned on their back from a gas-related fire.

An employee had just completed an abatement job and was using a water hose to wash down the area when a flash fire occurred from some piping in the operating unit, burning the employee.

An employee was installing a drain liner inside a 30-inch drain line. While circulating hot water inside the drain line, the hose carrying the hot water came loose, splashing hot water onto the employee and causing burns to 60% of his body.

An employee was clearing land and piling up debris to burn. As the employee was about to use diesel and a lighting touch to light up the pile of debris, he was exposed to fire and sustained burns to his arms, face, and the top of his back.