Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rana Meal Solutions, LLC, 1370 Brewster Creek Boulevard, BARTLETT, ILLINOIS 60103
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing a flexible hose from a production pipeline. The hose end detached from the pipeline end and sprayed the employee with hot water. The employee suffered burns to the left and right wrists and the front of the leg.
An employee was walking between two buildings when they slipped and fell on newly formed ice caused by a fire pump that was discharging water after a sprinkler was activated. The employee suffered a contusion to the back of their head.
An employee was searching for pieces of a broken ball check valve around the rotating filler valve when the valve closed on their fingertip. Their left index finger was amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was on a work platform about 5 inches above floor level, packing finished product at the end of a production line. When she stepped back off the work platform, she fell backward and suffered a head contusion.
On March 21, 2020, an employee was cleaning the rollers on a pasta machine when his smock was caught and his arm was pulled into the machine. The rotating blade inside the machine amputated the employee's arm below the elbow.
On January 16, 2019, at approximately 3:35 p.m., a machine operator was working to run normal production on the ravioli forming machine. The employee was tasked with continuously supplying (feeding) the filling into the machine and to start/stop the machine to make small production adjustments to the product. At some point during production, the injured employee contacted moving components inside the machine and sustained an amputation, without bone loss, to the middle fingertip of the left hand.
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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