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Brand Energy Solutions

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Brand Energy Solutions in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
Employer Brand Energy Solutions Report ID 20231211054
Address 1801 S Gulfway Dr City, State ZIP PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 77640
Event Date December 4, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Shoulder(s) and back
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Water
Industry (NAICS) 238320 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.86000, -93.96000

Incident Narrative

Employees were building scaffold access under the switch deck by the coke chutes. Two employees were standing on a scaffold platform while passing scaffold material. The coke drum above them was being cut (washed down with water). Heated water left the coke drum through a chute and splashed the two employees. Both employees were hospitalized with first- and second-degree thermal burns to the shoulders and upper back.

Incident Summary

On December 4, 2023, a worker at Brand Energy Solutions in PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the shoulder(s) and back. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with water identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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