Second degree heat (thermal) burns

An employee walked into a fill room while a hot sanitation process was completing. When the hot water was sent to the drain, some of it sprayed out and hit the employees feet. The employee sustained a second degree burn to the upper left foot and the right heel, requiring hospitalization.

A maintenance technician was replacing a hydraulic hose on an extruder. An adjacent hot water hose burst at the connector, spraying him with 200-degree water. He suffered second-degree burns to his right arm, stomach, and right thigh and was hospitalized.

An employee was cutting a large piece of metal with a torch. The lines that supplied gas to the torch burst into flames, causing first- and second-degree burns to the employee’s thighs and abdomen.

Two employees were changing an expansion valve on an outdoor chiller unit. One employee was using a canister torch to sweat the piping and valve while the other was pulling on the pipe with a pair of pliers. When the connection came loose, excess fluid inside of the valve was ignited by the torch and […]

An employee was servicing a compression unit. When he began to shut the unit down, a flash fire occurred. He suffered primarily first- and second-degree burns. He was hospitalized.

An employee was using an oxygen acetylene torch when its flame went out. He turned off the oxygen supply to the torch. The flame then returned and the torch’s hose separated, causing a large flame that caused second-degree burns to his arms and abdomen. He was hospitalized.

An employee was opening a vessel’s pump valve when hot pressurized water inside the vessel splashed out and sprayed the employee. The employee received second degree burns to the legs, chest, and arms.

An employee was putting metal in a pot to melt. The top of the metal started to solidify; the employee was using a rebar to poke a hole in the top to mix the metal when some of the metal splashed onto coils outside the pot. This caused steam to build up and pressurize the […]

An employee was welding the inner rim plate of a pontoon using a wire welding machine with .045 flux-core welding wire. The employee stopped welding and then proceeded to chip the slag from the weld when a piece of hot slag popped off the weld and landed on the employee’s right upper and lower eyelids […]

A Brock employee was installing insulation in or near the vent drum of an aerator when hot water condensate released out of a steam line directly above the employee. The employee sustained second degree burns and was hospitalized.