Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Holly Refining & Marketing, Holly Frontier Tulsa Refinery (East Plant), TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74107
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was turning a valve when he slipped and fell into an uncovered hole containing storm water that had become very hot due to steam lines that ran through the area on a wash pad near hydro blasting activities. The hot water burned the right side of his body.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedExisting floor opening
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