Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at USDA Forest Service, Clear Creek Prescribed Fire, Ruby Valley, SHERIDAN, MONTANA 59749
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was performing forestry-related burning operations. He had one burn torch in his hand and another attached to his fire line pack. The second torch failed; fuel got free of the drip torch and was ignited by the open flames. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the backs of his legs.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedPetroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified