Contact with cold objects or substances · Frostbite
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hanover Foods Corporation, 1550 York Street, HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 17331
on — Frostbite, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was changing a liquid propane tank on a forklift. Gas leaked from the tank and the employee suffered frostbite on the hand.
An employee was working at a filling line, filling a can with potatoes. A piece of equipment caught the employee's shirt and pulled the employee's right arm into the machine. The arm was broken.
An employee was getting ready to enter the facility's external chlorine shed to clean up a broken light bulb when they began to experience shortness of breath due to chlorine exposure. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was on a 6-foot ladder in the waffle room cleaning the wall. The employee was on the third rung of the ladder and fell to the floor breaking his pelvis.
An employee was transferring propane from his bobtail truck to a storage tank. As the employee removed the hose, propane shot out and struck him in the mid-section, resulting in propane freeze burns from below the waist to the top of the knees. The employee was hospitalized.
On September 22, 2023, an employee was working on a chiller circuit in a mechanical yard. They sustained second-degree burns after being exposed to refrigerant.
An employee was tightening a fitting for monthly leak detection and repair when liquid natural gas was released, resulting in a cryogenic burn to the right hand.
An employee was performing a pressure check and leak test on a unit when nitrogen gas was released from a valve core removal tool. The nitrogen gas was injected into the employee's right hand, resulting in a burn to the skin, swelling, and pain.
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