Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Catalent Pharma
Start: 12/1/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210490 · 12/1/2022 · Catalent Pharma

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified
Source: Ladders, unspecified
Secondary source: Steam, vapors-nonchemical

Employer

Name: Catalent Pharma
Location: 10245 Hickman Mills Drive, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64137
NAICS: 325412
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing routine calibrations on gauges for a purified water loop. The employee was on ladder removing a pressure valve. When the valve came loose steam was released from the water loop and struck the left side of the employee's torso, causing them to fall from the ladder. The employee suffered second degree burns on their left shoulder and torso, as well as a fracture of their left foot from the fall off the ladder.

Source

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