Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Hershey Creamery Company
Start: 4/10/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019043707 · 4/10/2019 · Hershey Creamery Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Hershey Creamery Company
Location: 301 South Cameron Street, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17101
NAICS: 311520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was defrosting a vessel with a flexible steam line. He set the steam line in the vessel and it slipped out, allowing steam to burn his neck, chest, and stomach.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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