Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at MRE Crossville, LLC
Start: 2/12/2020

1 hospitalization · 2020021394 · 2/12/2020 · MRE Crossville, LLC

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Secondary source: Machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: MRE Crossville, LLC
Location: 79 Greenway Drive, CROSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35962
NAICS: 321999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was standing on an upper deck unclogging a cyclone. A steam release caused an explosion panel in the hopper to blow out toward the employee, who suffered a third-degree steam burn to the face.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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