Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Georgia-Pacific Savannah River LLC, 437 Old Augusta Road South, RINCON, GEORGIA 31326
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was unclogging a drain line from the tertiary screen in the recycle mill operations section. While lifting the basket out to clean, hot water sprayed through the seams of the filter. The employee sustained thermal burns on the left hand, forearm, and leg as well as the right thigh and foot.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Water
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