Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc., County Road 7 , SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS 67756
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was loading oil into the gun barrel while on a ladder. The gun barrel caught fire possibly from the electric heating element and ignited the employee's FR clothes. The employee received second degree burns on his forearm, his hand, and behind his ear.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Clothing, unspecified
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