Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Central Ink Corporation, 1100 Harvester Road, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60185
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was pumping varnish from a holding tank into a tub for a production batch. He was filling the tub through a flex hose. When the hot varnish started flowing, it caused the flex hose to move and spray hot varnish. The employee sustained burns to their back requiring hospitalization.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified Paint, lacquer, shellac, varnish
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