Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at K M Plant Services, 199 Illinois Route 104 East, KINCAID, ILLINOIS 62540
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On January 6, 2023, at 3 p.m., an employee was using a fire hose to clean hot fly ash off an 8-foot-high wall of a damper when the fly ash fell off the wall and caused a splash that contacted the employee, resulting in a thermal burn to their abdomen and legs.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
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