Fluor Maintenance Services, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances - Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified - NEW ROADS, Louisiana

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Fluor Maintenance Services, Inc. in NEW ROADS, Louisiana
Employer Fluor Maintenance Services, Inc.
Address 10431 Cajun II Rd., Fluor Power Services @ Cleco Big Cajun II Power Plant
City, State ZIP NEW ROADS, Louisiana 70760
Report ID 2022042948
Event Date April 3, 2022
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Body Part Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of Injury Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 541330
GPS Coordinates 30.70000, -91.35000

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Incident Narrative

A crew of Fluor Maintenance Services employees was replacing an expansion joint in an I/O box at a power plant. One of the employees was using a grinder to prepare metal to install and weld the joint when steam entered the work area and burned his back. He was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On April 3, 2022, a worker at Fluor Maintenance Services, Inc. in NEW ROADS, Louisiana suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with steam, vapors, liquids, ice, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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