Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PROTEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC, 3800 E 32ND STREET, JOPLIN, MISSOURI 64804
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee opened a pressurized heat exchanger to conduct maintenance. The employee sustained second degree burns on the torso and was also burned on both arms.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
An employee was installing a new pulley belt on a pulley system to the heat exchanger. Their right index finger was caught in a pinch point resulting in amputation.
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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An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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