Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Earth Pride Organics, LLC, 2320 Norman Road , LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 17601
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
A sanitation worker was working at a sink in the production area near the kettles. A kettle operator was using a forklift to raise drums of hot sauce. A drum was knocked from the pallet, struck a cart, and hit the ground. A plastic bag within the drum broke open when the drum hit the floor, and the hot sauce contained within the plastic bag hit the back of the sanitation employee. The employee received first and second degree burns on the head, front, arm and leg. Additionally, an area on the foot received a third degree burn.
An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.
An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.
An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.
An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.
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