Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Morton Salt Inc.
Start: 12/7/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181212563 · 12/7/2018 · Morton Salt Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Liquids, unspecified
Secondary source: Valves, nozzles

Employer

Name: Morton Salt Inc.
Location: 151 South Industrial Ave, RITTMAN, OHIO, 44270
NAICS: 311942
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing a routine check of the retainer system. He opened a valve to flush the solution back through the closed-loop system into the tank when a part of the valve failed. The heated solution struck the employee causing second degree burns to the right side of the torso and third degree burns to the right forearm.

Source

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