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Second degree heat (thermal) burns

1 hospitalization · 2016032347 · 3/18/2016 · Darling Ingredients

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event
Contact with hot objects or substances
Source
Water
Secondary source
Crowbars

Employer

Name
Darling Ingredients
Location
2641 FM 2336, BASTROP, TEXAS, 78602
NAICS
311119
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working on a machine with a pry bar when the bar slipped, causing him to lose his balance and step backward into a sub-pump hole filled with hot water. The employee sustained 2nd degree burns to his left leg and was hospitalized on March 18, 2016.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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