Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was welding a structural steel beam when his hoodie caught on fire, burning his left ribcage and back.

An employee was removing rubber product from a calender roll’s rollers. The rollers caught the employee’s arm, burning the forearm and elbow with their heat.

An employee was running a ripsaw and doing minor maintenance. The shaving bin caught fire. When it was opened, the shavings dropped out and burned the employee’s forearms. He was hospitalized.

An employee was clearing a jam in a rinse tank in a galvanizing-after-weaving department. The employee slipped and fell into a hot galvanizing tank next to the rinse tank. The employee suffered burns to the sole of a foot and the lower leg.

An employee was entering a hot rinse water tank when he slipped and fell into the hot water up to his waist, suffering burns.

An employee was winterizing a gas compressor when a flash fire occurred. He received burns to his face, neck, and hands.

An employee was closing an overhead transformer fuse with an insulated stick. The transformer lid separated; oil sprayed out and burned the employee’s back, back of the head, and forehead.

An employee was removing bolts from a steam line when an adjacent steam line burped, releasing steam that burned his lower rear section.

An employee was removing a “Christmas tree” fitting from a pressurized wax tank. The pressure in the wax tank caused the wax to burst from the fitting and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized for burns to the body.

After using a hose to transfer asphalt from a distributor to a holding tank, an employee was removing the hose when the asphalt splashed him, burning his face, neck, arms, chest, and stomach. He was hospitalized.