Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC., 1703 N. Randall Road, ELGIN, ILLINOIS 60123
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee stepped into a hot water trench, burning his left foot. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedFoot (feet), unspecifiedWater
More severe injuries at JOHN B. SANFILIPPO & SON, INC.
An employee was operating a stand-up powered industrial truck when their left foot was crushed between the forklift and a support beam, resulting in fractures to multiple bones in their foot.
An employee was removing cardboard that was caught in the top of a cage while standing on the outside of the powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee's left hand was crushed between the PIT fork and bar.
An employee was pulling a bulk-bag of peanuts weighing approximately 1,700 pounds using a forklift when another bulk-bag destabilized and fell on the cage of the forklift. The employee jumped from the forklift and when the bulk-bag broke open it rolled and landed on him, pushing his face to the floor. The employee sustained fractures to his skull, nose, maxilla, and orbital bone, as well as a facial laceration.
An employee was cleaning a line and removing buildup from the mixer exit point when his right middle finger came in contact with the mixer blade, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561311)
A temporary employee fell from an A-frame ladder to the floor about 5 to 6 feet below. He suffered fractures to his left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
A temporary employee was operating an electric pallet jack at a loading dock. While maneuvering the pallet jack into a trailer, the equipment loaded onto the pallet jack began shifting to the left. The employee's left foot was caught between a yellow guardrail and the side platform of the pallet jack, and his left ankle was crushed and fractured.
A temporary employee was cleaning a room and compressing the contents of a garbage bin using her right foot. As she pulled her leg out of the bin, she lost balance and fell to the ground, landing on her left hip. The employee sustained a fracture to her left hip and was hospitalized.
A temporary employee was filling a sweeper with gas at a construction site. He was shocked by the jumper cables, which caused him to move his right hand into the sweeper's rotating fan blades. His middle fingertip was amputated.
An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.