Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

An employee was using an infrared gun to check the temperature of hot mix that was being loaded into an elevator to feed a silo. The flames rose, burning his face and neck.

An employee was cutting steel with a torch when their shirt caught on fire and the employee was burned.

A welder ignition arced into a nearby container of brake cleaner/oil, which caught fire. An employee was caught in the flames and suffered burns to the arms, shoulders, face, and neck.

On March 15, 2019, at 1530, two employees noticed smoke from the sawdust bin. The two employees attempted to move the sawdust in the bin to the ground via an auger system. Thirty minutes later, the employees opened the lower hatch. A blast of fire shot from the hatch, severely burning the two men. The […]

An employee went to the bank for the employer and was driving back to the employer’s facility when a vape pen battery reacted with change in his pocket, causing his pants to catch on fire. His leg and hands were burned and he was hospitalized.

An employee’s left hand and right leg were burned by hot plastic when it spilled from an injection molding machine. She was hospitalized.

An employee started to cut a thermowell (a 2-inch piece of pipe with a sensor inside) using a portable bandsaw. A flash caused minor burns to the employee’s chin, neck, and wrists; the employee was hospitalized.

An employee had been using paint thinner to clean auto body parts. When he went outside to smoke, paint thinner on his gloves ignited and burned his hands.

An employee was using a torch to cut a weld on an semi-trailer truck when the employee’s coat caught on fire. The employee suffered burns to his chest and back and was hospitalized.

An employee was using a chain hoist to position a pipe to be welded when the chain caught a valve on the existing pipe and opened the valve, releasing hot water on the employee. He suffered burns to the right arm (from his forearm to his bicep) and right torso (from the ribs to the […]