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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2022021135 · 2/7/2022 · Intervet, Inc.
Severity
- Hospitalized
- 1
- Amputation
- 0
- Loss of eye
- 0
- Body part
- Multiple trunk locations
- Nature of injury
- Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
Cause
- Event
- Contact with hot objects or substances
- Source
- Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- Secondary source
- Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
Employer
- Name
- Intervet, Inc.
- Location
- 35500 W. 91st Street, DE SOTO, KANSAS, 66018
- NAICS
- 325414
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was inspecting an autoclave when steam released and impacted their torso, resulting in burns to their torso that required hospitalization.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
- JSON-LD · Markdown