Second degree heat (thermal) burns

An employee was taking a tray out of a baking oven when her right forearm suffered second degree grease burns.

An employee was operating a valve to reduce steam pressure in a boiler when hot water sprayed out of a vent line and hit him. He sustained second degree burns to his hands, right knee, and neck-facial area.

An employee working in sanitation was pulling the bucket out of the COP tank and spilled hot water onto herself. The employee suffered second degree burns on the chest, abdomen and legs. Water in the COP tank is circulated by a pump to clean the inside of buckets. The water temperature was approximately 180 degrees […]

Employees were in the process of connecting gas to a fire pit. The gas accumulated underneath the access door where the injured employee was monitoring it. A flash fire occurred and the injured employee sustained first degree burns to the face and second degree burns to the left elbow. He was admitted to the hospital.

An employee and a coworker were welding on the inboard and outboard sides of a bulkhead. Welding slag became trapped between the sweatshirts of one employee and ignited. The employee suffered first, second, and potentially third degree burns to the right side of the back and right armpit.

An employee was pushing a fryer when his foot hit a table that had a steam well on top of it. The steam well fell on him and caused a second degree burn on his back.

An employee was pouring hot fryer oil into the fryer oil bin when he slipped on oil on the floor and spilled hot oil onto himself. He received second degree burns to his arms, legs, stomach and part of his face.

An employee was using a water hose to help cool down a tank of molten zinc solution during the pumping transfer process when the water came into contact with acid/residue and a violent chemical reaction and explosion occurred. The water with molten acid solution blew into the employee’s face and back as he turned to […]

An employee was on top of a mobile tank trailer, removing the loading arm apparatus that was used to load the trailer with molten sulfur. The bucket he used to dispense the sulfur then began to fall into the open hatch of the trailer. When he tried to catch it, his hand became submerged in […]

An employee suffered second degree burns on her left leg and foot when hot water overflowed from a cooker.