Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Flynn BEC LP, 333 Church Street, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS 76065
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee side stepped and then tripped and fell. When he reached his arms out to brace for impact, his right arm entered a mop cart of hot asphalt and sustained burns from the top of the hand to just below the elbow.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.Paving asphalt, asphaltic cement
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An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.
An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.
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