Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at B&G Foods, Inc., 443 East 100th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11236
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the foot (feet) and ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was logging an entry for product weight when she noticed a small crack in one of the jars of sauce. The employee was disposing of the jar when it broke, spilling hot tomato sauce into the top of her left boot. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the left ankle and foot.
HospitalizedFoot (feet) and ankle(s)Soups, sauces, gravies
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