Fall on same level, unspecified · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Covestro LLC, 8500 West Bay Rd, BAYTOWN, TEXAS 77523
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was clearing hot plastic waste product from a cooling bath with a hook and placing it onto the floor to be shoveled away for disposal. The employee lost his footing and fell into the hot plastic and water on the floor, resulting in second-degree burns on his right torso and leg, with suspected third-degree burns on parts of his leg.
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