Report: Contact with hot objects or substances at Cummins Southern Plains in Amarillo, Texas

Employee was flushing radiator on a truck and when he started to loosen the radiator hose it blew off spraying the employee with hot water. The employee suffered second degree burns on his right arm and right side. Accident happened on 2/10/15, but the employee was not admitted to the hospital until 2/11/15.

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Report: Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source at ESCO Marine, Inc. in Brownsville, Texas

Employee was in yard #1 cutting metal with a 6 ft. cutting torch when sparks from the torch ignited his shirt. He sustained second degree burns to the upper right side of his torso, arm, chest, and a portion of his abdomen.

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