Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC

Vehicle or machinery fire — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns — TAMPA, Florida

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC in TAMPA, Florida
Employer Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC
Address USF, 4001 Fletcher Avenue
City, State ZIP TAMPA, Florida 33613
Report ID 2021087020
Event Date August 18, 2021
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Vehicle or machinery fire
Source of Injury Machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 237130
Inspection # 1551507
GPS Coordinates 28.06000, -82.41384

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Incident Narrative

An employee was mixing bentonite with a mixing machine. A small engine caught fire, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On August 18, 2021, a worker at Starlink Construction Utilities, LLC in TAMPA, Florida suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as vehicle or machinery fire, with machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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