Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Darling Ingredients Inc.
Start: 4/10/2017

1 hospitalization · 2017043234 · 4/10/2017 · Darling Ingredients Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Other jump to lower level 6 to 10 feet
Source: Nonclassifiable
Secondary source: Feathers

Employer

Name: Darling Ingredients Inc.
Location: 264 FM 2336, BASTROP, TEXAS, 78602
NAICS: 311613
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing the hydrolyzer when backpressure caused hot feathers to discharge onto the employee. As the employee moved out of the way, he fell six feet breaking a bone over his left eye and suffering first and second degree burns to the hands, arms, face and neck.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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