Intentional injury by other person, n.e.c. · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Haza Foods, LLC, 129 Cumberland St., BOGALUSA, LOUISIANA 70427
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
Two employees were fighting when one of them threw hot grease on the other. The second employee suffered second- and third-degree burns and was hospitalized.
HospitalizedNonclassifiableCo-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
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