Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

A truck driver was mixing oil (heated at about 375-380 degrees) in his truck for road work. The oil sprayed the driver, burning his neck, forehead, and lower arms.

An employee was refueling his equipment (track-hoe) when he noticed a few sparks occur once he touched the fuel nozzle to the neck of the fuel tank opening. He went to pull the nozzle out and a burst of flames shot out, causing burns on his right arm and the right side of his face.

An employee was cleaning out a hose leading to a tank. When a steam line was connected to the hose, the hose whipped around and released steam, which burned the employee’s left arm and chest. He was hospitalized.

On September 13, 2019, at 9:50 A.M., an employee was disconnecting a hose from an asphaltic cement tanker when hot asphaltic cement material contacted and burned his hands, arms, and knees. The tanker valve was not closed at the time of the incident.

An employee was removing water from a cleaning bay with a portable electric pump. An explosion occurred when the pump ignited flammable vapors, causing burns to the employee’s chest.

An employee was circulating bad oil into tanks. He then went to remove a leaking dump valve from a compressor to conduct repair. While the dump valve was being removed, fluids sprayed out and were ignited by the hot manifold of a compressor. The employee sustained second degree burns to the palms and top surface […]

An employee was changing a filter at a hood above a prep cook surface. The filter dropped behind the equipment and damaged a gas line. Gas leaked and ignited. The employee sustained burns to the face, neck, and arm.

A crew was using a pump to circulate fluids to a tank when there was a release from a well and a flash fire occurred. Two employees suffered burns to the face and body, requiring hospitalization.

An employee was emptying out a soup warmer well when she lost her grip and the hot soup spilled on her chest and stomach. She was hospitalized with burns to the chest and stomach.

An employee was delivering well parts at a worksite. A flash fire burned the employee’s upper body, back, arms, and head.