Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Darling Ingredients, Inc.
Start: 10/20/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010849 · 10/20/2018 · Darling Ingredients, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Fats, oils, cooking greases

Employer

Name: Darling Ingredients, Inc.
Location: 1001 Orient Rd., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
NAICS: 325998
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance to a conveyor screw system that contained a cooker with hot oil when the oil splashed his right arm and shoulder, causing second degree burns. The cooker was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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