Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Scott Electric Company, 401 South Austin, ROCKPORT, TEXAS 78382
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the face, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pin spotting or installing rivets on panels. The panels were coated with an adhesive, and the tool used to rivet the panels caused a spark that ignited the adhesive. The resulting flames caused second degree burns to the employee's face, burned the employee's head and hair, and caused a possible respiratory tract injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was using an 8-foot folding ladder to retrieve a 250-foot coil of wrapped wire on a shelf. The employee dropped the wire which struck the ladder, causing the employee to fall from the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee sustained a skull fracture, a right knee fracture, and a rib fracture.
An employee was delivering electrical supplies. The employee climbed into the cab of his truck when he lost his balance and fell, striking his head on the pavement.
An employee was operating a wire cutting machine. The pay-off reel got caught on the reel racking system, which forcefully pulled the wire cutting machine into the metal racking system and the machine struck the employee's ankle. He sustained fractures of the left fibula and tibia.
An employee was helping a delivery person put a 70-pound box on the ground. His foot got caught in a pallet and the employee fell to the ground resulting in a right hip fracture. He was hospitalized.
An employee was going up on a fixed ladder attached to a convenience store exterior wall. When he reached the top, he fell approximately 10 feet. During his fall, he hit the back side of his body on the metal toolbox of the company utility track, fracturing his spine.
An employee was cleaning a cordless drill. As they applied brake fluid to the drill and pulled the trigger, the fluid ignited. The employee suffered burns to the face, hands, and arms.
An employee was spraying glue to the floor of an enclosed cargo trailer. The fumes made contact with the heater causing a flash fire. The employee suffered burns to their face and right hand.
An employee was replacing a valve in the gas line to the fryer. The shutoff valve malfunctioned resulting in a gas leak that then ignited. The employee sustained burns requiring hospitalization.
An employee was troubleshooting the control setup for a variable air volume box above a ceiling. The employee's hand came into contact with an exposed, energized 277-volt wire that had loosened from its terminal on the box's assembly. He was shocked and fell off a ladder. His left hand passed across the ceiling grid and was lacerated. He also suffered an electrical burn to the right hand and was hospitalized.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on an A-frame ladder approximately 6 feet above the floor while he attached a suspended light fixture to the ceiling. The employee lost balance, and fell to the tiled floor below, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head.
An employee was inspecting the overhead area of a single-person lift and repositioning the lift through a double doorway. As they were transitioning through the doorway, they were caught between the doorframe and the vertical mast of the lift. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the nose, left maxillary sinus, left orbital bone, and left jaw, with fractures at the maxillary sinus area.
The injured employee was performing routine maintenance on a fan belt/pulley. The injured employee and another person were moving the pulley back and forth manually to find a bearing issue. The injured employee's left ring finger got caught between the belt and the pulley wheel, resulting in a soft tissue amputation.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.