Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Final narrative
On 1/21/15, at approximately 5:00 a.m., an employee was performing a torching operation when a piece of hot material entered his left safety shoe, causing a burn on the top of the left foot. Employee informed supervisor and supervisor performed first aid by applying burn ointment on burn and wrapping foot. The employee completed his shift. The employee returned to worked and completed his shifts on 1/22 and 1/23 and was not at work on 1/25. The employee came to the supervisor's office on 1/26/15 with a severely infected foot and was told to go to the occupational clinic. The employee went to the occupational clinic on 1/27. The clinic sent the employee to the emergency room and the emergency room doctor admitted the employee.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedMolten or hot metals, slag
An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.
An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.
An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.
An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.