Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was cutting up scrap metal. There was a hole at the connection in the hose of the hand torch which caused the employee’s shirt to become saturated with oxygen. When the employee lit the torch, his shirt caught on fire. The employee was hospitalized with burns on his stomach, right arm, and back.

At about 8:30 AM, an employee was opening a scrubber pot. Flammable gasses escaped from the pot and ignited. The employee sustained burns to the hands and face and was hospitalized.

An employee received burns to his neck, face, head, and both forearms after an aerosol paint can exploded, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was placing frozen items into a bin containing hot water to defrost them when the hot water splashed on the employee, causing burns that required hospitalization.

Two employees were burned while they were cleaning out a tank when a spontaneous combustion occurred.

An employee was welding under a truck. A spark landed in a puddle of brake cleaner, which caught on fire. The fire spread to the employee’s pants leg, burning his right calf.

An employee was holding an asphalt wand to spray liquid asphalt when the wand’s hose burst, spraying hot asphalt onto the employee. The employee suffered burns to the face, ear, and hand.

An employee was removing a blind in a depressurized line at a refinery when a flash came out of the flange and burned his ear and wrists between his gloves and FRC sleeves.

An employee was servicing a small water well rig and was on the deck, which is about 4 feet from the ground. He put the rig in gear and then fell. His pants became caught in the drive line, which burned his right-side upper torso. He was hospitalized with burns and lacerations.

An employee was conducting a fuel test under the hood of a vehicle when the vehicle caught on fire, causing burns to his nose, face, and right ear.