Delek Refining

Contact with hot objects or substances - Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified - TYLER, Texas

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Delek Refining in TYLER, Texas
Employer Delek Refining
Address 425 McMurrye
City, State ZIP TYLER, Texas 75702
Report ID 2023043405
Event Date April 17, 2023
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of Injury Coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 324110
GPS Coordinates 32.36000, -95.31000

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Incident Narrative

An employee was sampling vacuum tower bottoms when one unplugged and fell on the employee's left hand, resulting in burns to the left hand.

Incident Summary

On April 17, 2023, a worker at Delek Refining in TYLER, Texas suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with coal, natural gas, petroleum fuels and products, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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