Ignition of clothing · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at SSAB Alabama Inc., 12400 Highway 43 North, AXIS, ALABAMA 36505
on , Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the leg(s) unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was lancing the slide gate on a drained ladle. The employee pulled the trigger while trying to remove the second pipe and some oxygen flowed out of the line and saturated his uniform. The employee was on the third lance pipe when slag and sparks flew in his direction causing his flame resistant uniform to ignite. The employee sustained third-degree burns to his legs.