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OSHA Injury Report: Kraft Heinz

Skin disorder · Days away from work

At a glance

On , a skin disorder at Kraft Heinz in 1200 N Fifth St, Fremont, OH 43420 resulted in days away from work. Employee was line Technician in ketchup manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kraft Heinz
Parent company
Kraft Heinz
Street
1200 N Fifth St
City
Fremont
State
OH
ZIP
43420
On-site location
Line 8 Homogenizer 10

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)
Days away from work
14

Before the incident

Removing pip line [REDACTED] homogenizer - preping equipment for repair

What happened

employee attempted to remove a pipe from [REDACTED] for welding and repair. After following all proper Lockout Tagout procedures the employee was using a wrench to loosen the pipe when some remaining residual air pressure released causing hot ketchup to splash onto the one of the employees skin of their face neck wrist and arm and onto the front of the other employees clothing (no skin contact reported).

Injury or illness

Burn of second degree of nose lip(s) Forehead and cheek head face neck unspecififed site right shoulder right upper arm. Burn of the first degree of head face neck unspecified site right upper arm right wrist right forearm.

Object or substance involved

hot product

Summary line

2nd degree burns to face arms chest and upper body

Employee and industry

Job description
Line Technician
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311421 — Ketchup manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
380
Total hours worked
848951
EIN
250542520
Establishment ID
1240155
Employer case #
37104

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
0:00
Time of incident
17:25
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03MAR2025:20:01:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.