Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns second degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Turner Industries Group, L.L.C., 1855 Fairlawn Rd, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA 35401
on — Thermal burns second degree, affecting the Trunk and other upper extremities.
Final narrative
Two employees sustained injuries when steam was released from an open flange on a heat exchanger. One employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremities. The other employee sustained partial thickness burns to the upper posterior extremity and upper buttock.
Hospitalized Trunk and other upper extremities Steam, vapors nonchemical
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