Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Start: 8/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019088868 · 8/26/2019 · Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Source, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
Location: 437 Old Augusta Road South, RINCON, GEORGIA, 31326
NAICS: 322121
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was in the process of unclogging a drain valve on a paper machine stock refiner when the pulp material inside the valve sprayed out. The temperature of the pulp material was approximately 140 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained second degree burns to his left hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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