Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Start: 11/27/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161111059 · 11/27/2016 · HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION

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

Employer

Name: HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
Location: 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
NAICS: 311612
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was calibrating the temperature for steam on a kettle. His coworker did not know he was calibrating the kettle and poured the hot water out of the kettle, splashing the employee's leg and causing second degree burns that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown