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Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc.

Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc. in SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS
Employer Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc. Report ID 2015052971
Address County Road 7, about 4 miles north of Highway 36 City, State ZIP SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS 67756
Event Date May 18, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Nonstructural fire, n.e.c. Source of Injury Clothing, unspecified
Secondary Source Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
Industry (NAICS) 213112 Inspection # 1065804
GPS Coordinates 39.77000, -101.80000

Incident Narrative

An employee was loading oil into the gun barrel while on a ladder. The gun barrel caught fire possibly from the electric heating element and ignited the employee's FR clothes. The employee received second degree burns on his forearm, his hand, and behind his ear.

Incident Summary

On May 18, 2015, a worker at Extreme Heat Hot Well Service, Inc. in SAINT FRANCIS, KANSAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as nonstructural fire, n.e.c., with clothing, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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