Contact with cold objects or substances · Other burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Battle Creek Farmers Cooperative - Madison, 501 4th St, SNYDER, NEBRASKA 68664
on — Other burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple head locations.
Final narrative
An employee was using a posthole digger to clear dirt away from a propane vaporizer when the line disconnected, sending liquid propane into the air. The employee sustained propane burns to the nasal cavity, face, and head.
HospitalizedMultiple head locationsPropane
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