Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North American Industrial Services, Inc., Covanta Energy, AGAWAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01001
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was inside the boiler removing broken pieces of refractory from the hopper using a water hose when the wall directly in front of the employee released hot ash and refractory onto the employee. The employee rolled into the hopper and was engulfed by the hot ash and debris. The employee suffered burns to 65% of his body ranging from first to third degree burns. The worst of the burns were to his legs and ankles.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedScrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
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