Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

An employee was beneath a vehicle, welding, when a container of gas/tar caught fire. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the arms and face and was hospitalized.

An employee was getting ready to use an oxy propane torch to cut some aluminum on or near empty 55-gallon drums that last contained tertiary-butyl alcohol. During lighting of the torch, vapors in a drum immediately adjacent to the torch exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands, face, chest, and […]

An employee was draining condensate from an air compressor when a catastrophic failure occurred on a check valve on a natural gas line. The natural gas began blowing toward the running compressor and the gas ignited causing an explosion. The employee was hospitalized for second and third degree burns to the face, hands, left leg, […]

Two employees were working inside a truck trailer to repair it. One employee was installing a scuff plate while the other sprayed an adhesive to help install the next scuff plate. The first employee’s cordless drill ignited fumes from the spray adhesive, creating a flash fire that caused first- through third-degree burns to the employee’s […]

An employee was working on a compressor and attempting to dump a scrubber on the compressor. At the time, the scrubber would not dump because it had frozen up. The employee opened a valve and gas began to exit the valve, causing a flash fire. He sustained second and third degree burns on the face […]

An employee was loading chicken feathers into a bin. Rendering fluid splashed on him, causing third-degree burns over 40 percent of his body.

An employee was on an elevated walkway. When the employee opened a manway cover, wort boiled over from a brewery kettle, hitting the employee on the chest and abdomen. The employee suffered first-degree burns on the chest and abdomen, second-degree burns on the left arm, and third-degree burns on the abdomen.

On June 18, 2019, at approximately 1:30 AM, two employees were blowing out an asphalt hose after loading a barge when the lines pressurized and blew apart, spraying them with hot liquid asphalt. One of the employees was hospitalized with first, second, and third degree burns.

Employees were cutting heating coil pipes using an electric reciprocating saw inside a starboard cargo tank on a barge. Gasoline vapors ignited and employees received first, second, and third degree burns. Two employees were hospitalized.

An employee had been operating a pumping unit at a salt water disposal facility when a fire/explosion occurred. The employee sustained third degree burns to 60 percent of his body.