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Second degree heat (thermal) burns

2 hospitalizations · 2020098498 · 9/7/2020 · Western Sugar Cooperative

Severity

Hospitalized
2
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
Nature of injury
Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

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

Employer

Name
Western Sugar Cooperative
Location
18317 HIGHWAY 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
NAICS
311999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

Two maintenance employees were inspecting the Omega coupling on the high melter pump. During inspection, the employees realized the shaft on the pump was broken rather than the coupling. The maintenance supervisor was going to locate a rebuilt seal assembly for the pump. The employees started removing the seal assembly from the pump. As one of the employees removed the base plate bolts from the pump, the head pressure from the high melter tank pushed the seal assembly out of the pump casing and hot sugar juice sprayed onto the employees causing first and second degree burns to the upper and lower arm, hand and chest areas.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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