Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at NexTier Completion Solution, CON 50 T8 Sec 18 PAD 1, PECOS, TEXAS 79772
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On October 24, 2024, at 1:06 AM, an employee shut the hydraulic fracturing pump's engine off and removed one of the pump's engine block coolant temperature sensors. Heated engine coolant then released from behind the sensor and burned the employee's hands and forearms.
Hospitalized Hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c. Antifreeze
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