West Fraser, Inc.
Contact with hot objects or substances - Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns - LEOLA, Arkansas
| Employer | West Fraser, Inc. |
| Address | 1400 Main Street |
| City, State ZIP | LEOLA, Arkansas 72084 |
| Report ID | 20171211481 |
| Event Date | December 3, 2017 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns |
| Body Part | Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c. |
| Industry (NAICS) | 321113 |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.17342, -92.59146 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was operating a front-end loader to remove ash from the box of a power house generator that creates steam for wood drying kilns. The employee was dumping the hot ash into the bucket of another front-end loader when the hot ash blew back into the cab and contacted the employee's body. The employee suffered third degree burns to the right arm, second degree burns to the left arm and both legs, and minor burns to the face. The ashes had not been wet down or cooled at the time of the incident.
Incident Summary
On December 3, 2017, a worker at West Fraser, Inc. in LEOLA, Arkansas suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,902 severe injury reports involving "Contact with hot objects or substances" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with hot objects or substances injuries.
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