Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Empirical Foods
Start: 12/12/2022

1 hospitalization · 20221210793 · 12/12/2022 · Empirical Foods

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Foot (feet), unspecified
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Pressurized water-blast

Employer

Name: Empirical Foods
Location: 110 South Jennie Barker Road, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, 67846
NAICS: 311991
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee had been pressure washing equipment and the floor using water heated to approximately 200 F. The pressurized stream contacted the employee's rubber boot causing a burn to the top of their foot. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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