Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Jolly Jorts LLC, 941 W 18th Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77008
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
An employee was on an elevated walkway. When the employee opened a manway cover, wort boiled over from a brewery kettle, hitting the employee on the chest and abdomen. The employee suffered first-degree burns on the chest and abdomen, second-degree burns on the left arm, and third-degree burns on the abdomen.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersAlcoholic beverages
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