Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns second degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wait Mechanical, Inc., 1590 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, DALLAS, TEXAS 75234
on — Thermal burns second degree, affecting the Multiple body parts unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on installing a rental boiler when the storage tank got extremely hot. The pressure rose and the line broke, causing pressurized hot water to spray onto the employee causing second-degree burns to approximately 63% of his body.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts unspecified Water, liquids nonchemical
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