Vehicle or machinery fire · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Island Operating Co., Inc., 34 Maury Lane, NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA 26155
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Two employees were conducting maintenance on a gas processing unit when a flash fire occurred. Both employees received burns and were hospitalized. See also 1151826.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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