Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Excel Heating Services Corp., 330 356 Central Park Avenue, SCARSDALE, NEW YORK 10583
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was unclogging a steel pipe oil line with an air tank. The oil line fitting ruptured, causing the employee to sustain a laceration to the left forearm and right side of head. The fitting then sparked and created a flash fire. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and second-degree burns to both arms.
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