Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pureline Treatment System LLC, 1241 North Ellis Street, BENSENVILLE, ILLINOIS 60106
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a metal door, creating a spark. The employee's boots caught on fire due to residual flammable chemicals that were on his boots. The employee sustained burns to the ankle/metatarsals of both feet.
HospitalizedFoot (feet) and ankle(s)Shoes, boots, slippers, sandals
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