Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
Start: 3/29/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032614 · 3/29/2016 · Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Nonclassifiable
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Food products, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.
Location: 1300 Highway 107, SANTA ROSA, TEXAS, 78593
NAICS: 311311
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Employees were about to take samples of hot sugar cane juice as the machine was processing the sugar cane. An air bubble inside the line caused the line to burp, and 200-degree hot sugar cane juice inside the line splattered onto the employees. Two employees sustained first and second degree burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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