Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Resolute FP Augusta LLC, 2434 Doug Barnard Pkwy, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30906
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained burns to his legs after stepping into an unprotected floor opening with water at about 140 degrees in the production area. The employee was hospitalized.
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