Nonstructural fire n.e.c. · Thermal burns third degree or higher
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Mammoth Metal Recycling, 2019 Ruder Street, DALLAS, TEXAS 75212
on — Thermal burns third degree or higher, affecting the Part of body unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was using a welding torch to cut up a boom from a fire truck. Oil was leaking from the boom's hydraulics and caught fire, which spread and burned the employee. The employee was hospitalized with third-degree burns.
Hospitalized Part of body unspecified Lubricating fluids
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