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Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

1 hospitalization · 2020076794 · 7/19/2020 · Appling County Pellets, LLC

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
Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
Appling County Pellets, LLC
Location
248 Sweetwater Dr., BAXLEY, GEORGIA, 31513
NAICS
321999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was breaking up hardened residual ash to remove it from the inside of the second chamber of a dryer during a scheduled outage of the equipment. A piece of the ash fell and pinned the employee's legs. Interior layers of the residual ash were still hot, causing third degree burns on the right leg, second degree burns on the left leg, and second degree burns to portions of both arms. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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