Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, 508 Fulton Street, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA 27705
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Three HVAC mechanics were trying to stop a water drip from a steam line. They isolated the line upstream and downstream from the location of the leak. One of the employees cracked open a pipe union to drain the condensate from the line. Steam began to release from the pipe union unexpectedly, causing second-degree burns to his right hand and arm. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedSteam, vapors-nonchemical
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