Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Start: 4/15/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022043298 · 4/15/2022 · PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Chemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Paper production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name: PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Location: 5495 LAKE PARK-CLYATTEVILLE RD., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, 31601
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was involved in repacking a pump in the pulp mill and had been monitoring/adjusting the seal water and packing gland for proper flow and gland leakage. As the employee turned and walked away from the completed job, the packing sleeve lost its fit to the hub/shaft and blew out of the packing box causing hot wheat black liquor (approximately 197 degrees) to spray onto the employee's back resulting in second degree thermal burns. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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