Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Hormel Foods Corporation
Start: 9/6/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019099295 · 9/6/2019 · Hormel Foods Corporation

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water

Employer

Name: Hormel Foods Corporation
Location: 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
NAICS: 424420
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was washing the oven room. When she turned on a heated water hose, her left leg was sprayed with 180-degree water causing second and third degree burns.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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