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August 21, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Ohio Asphaltic Limestone Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

He was using a cutting torch, he had on a t-shrit and a sweat shirt. The line on the torch got a hole in it and the gas went up into his shirt. When a spark hit the gas that was then trapped in his shirt, it caught on fire, therefore burning EE. He was taken to the hospital, then trasported to UC hospital burn center for 3rd and 2nd degree burns.

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