Small-scale (limited) fire · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keystone Petroleum Equipment, LTD., 981 West Trindle Road, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17055
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, unspecified.
Final narrative
Two employees were replacing the threads on a 4-inch riser tube on an underground storage tank. The tank flashed over and blew the manway off. One of the employees suffered third-degree burns on 50 percent of their skin surface.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, unspecifiedContainers-pressurized, n.e.c.
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