Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Contact with hot objects or substances - Second degree heat (thermal) burns - MEDFORD, Oklahoma
| Employer | Clean Harbors Environmental Services |
| Address | 2001 US-81 |
| City, State ZIP | MEDFORD, Oklahoma 73759 |
| Report ID | 2022075781 |
| Event Date | July 1, 2022 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Second degree heat (thermal) burns |
| Body Part | Multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Nonclassifiable |
| Industry (NAICS) | 562910 |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.79366, -97.74157 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was vacuuming up media from a vertical tube dryer while standing inside a plastic collection container while a co-worker was outside of the container with a shovel trying to loosen up the media still inside the dryer. The media inside the dryer became dislodged and entered the collection container, engulfing the employee up to the bottom of his hips. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to both of his legs, just below the hips.
Incident Summary
On July 1, 2022, a worker at Clean Harbors Environmental Services in MEDFORD, Oklahoma suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple lower extremities locations, unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with nonclassifiable identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
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