Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gunite Corporation, 302 Peoples Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61104
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using an oxygen lance to clean a cupola slag runner (a portion of a foundry furnace) when the oxygen line supplying the lance failed causing a flame to strike the employee and enter his glove. The employee sustained third degree burns to the back and palm of his right hand.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedOxygen and oxygen compounds, unspecified