Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC in HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
Employer Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC Report ID 2015075299
Address Steel of WV, 17th Street and 2nd Avenue City, State ZIP HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA 25703
Event Date July 31, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Industry (NAICS) 238290 Inspection # 1083583
GPS Coordinates 38.42000, -82.42000

Incident Narrative

An employee was spraying water onto scrap steel that had spilled out of a furnace and had been cut into pieces using an oxygen lance. A steam explosion occurred, causing a second degree steam burn to his face and hands. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 31, 2015, a worker at Atlas Industrial Contractors, LLC in HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with steam, vapors-nonchemical identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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