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Kinnunen Sales & Rentals

Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns — STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Kinnunen Sales & Rentals in STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
Employer Kinnunen Sales & Rentals Report ID 2016010425
Address 707 E. 6th St. City, State ZIP STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA 74074
Event Date January 15, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids Source of Injury Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Welding and heating handtools-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 238910 Inspection # 1119823
GPS Coordinates 36.11000, -97.04000

Incident Narrative

An employee was welding near waste motor oil. The waste motor oil caught fire and the employee sustained first to third degree burns to the legs while putting the fire out.

Incident Summary

On January 15, 2016, a worker at Kinnunen Sales & Rentals in STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids, with petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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