Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Furman Foods, Inc.
Start: 7/21/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021075988 · 7/21/2021 · Furman Foods, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Shoulder(s) and back
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Water
Secondary source: Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Furman Foods, Inc.
Location: 770 Cannery Road, NORTHUMBERLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 17857
NAICS: 311421
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee experienced first and possibly second degree burns to his back and shoulders when a machine that cooks beans overflowed and splashed him with hot water. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown