Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Enviro Hydro Holdings, L.L.C., Georgia Pacific - Port Hudson, ZACHARY, LOUISIANA 70791
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
A crew was removing material (hot ash) from the outside of the loop seal on the power boiler. Once they finished removing the loose material, the crew was exiting the platform when the material inside the boiler gave way. The material came out of the boiler's manway door and contacted an employee burning his hands and the back of his legs.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
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