Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Siemens Energy, Inc., 100 West Chemung Street, PAINTED POST, NEW YORK 14870
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Internal neck structures.
Final narrative
An employee was welding. Acetylene gas leaked and ignited, causing burns to the employee's throat.
Hospitalized Internal neck structures Other hydrocarbon gas
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