Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brand Energy Solutions, 1801 S Gulfway Dr, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the shoulder(s) and back.
Final narrative
Employees were building scaffold access under the switch deck by the coke chutes. Two employees were standing on a scaffold platform while passing scaffold material. The coke drum above them was being cut (washed down with water). Heated water left the coke drum through a chute and splashed the two employees. Both employees were hospitalized with first- and second-degree thermal burns to the shoulders and upper back.
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An employee was prepping a blast pot for the next day and opened the top man-way. Pressure then escaped, causing the employee to be struck in the face by an unknown object. The employee sustained a laceration above his eyes and was hospitalized. The blast pot was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.
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