Cleaver Brooks Sales & Service, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cleaver Brooks Sales & Service, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Cleaver Brooks Sales & Service, Inc. Report ID 2016098389
Address 8580 Sheldon Rd City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77049
Event Date September 6, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 238220 Inspection # 1176026
GPS Coordinates 29.82000, -95.18000

Incident Narrative

On September 06, 2016, at approximately 5:10 AM, an employee was welding a window on a pipe of a boiler header when hot water and steam suddenly came out from an open pipe that was next to the other pipe, burning the employee's legs, torso, and arms. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On September 6, 2016, a worker at Cleaver Brooks Sales & Service, Inc. in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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