Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Talen Energy, 580 Willow Avenue, COLSTRIP, MONTANA 59323
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
Two employees were unplugging an ash line at the top of an ash transfer tank. The injured employee opened an inspection door near the top of the tank to see if ash was flowing. Hot ash came out of the inspection door while the employee was closing it. The hot fly ash contacted the employee's left hand and arm, resulting in first- and second-degree burns as well as some third-degree burns.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedScrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.