DELHI, NEW YORK—
Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC, 40236 State Highway 10, DELHI, NEW YORK 13753 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was loosening a clamp on a steam line for a carton filling machine. Steam burst out of the pipe where the clamp was and burned the employee's chest and arms.
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