OSHA Injury Report: Perrigo Michigan Allegan PMI

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee placed a pair of sealed five liter mobile phase reservoirs on hot plates and enabled heating and stirring Second employee noticed the situation when the bottles were starting to bubble and notified first employee of the issue and then turned off the heat First employee attempted to bleed off the pressure from the reservoirs and a probable first degree burn resulted on the left palm of the employee The cap was removed and the mobile phase sprayed out of the pressurized vessel and covered the area including the celling tiles above No employees were splashed during this incident The employee was wearing a nitrile glove on the left hand ERT called temporary service provider and then took employee to the medical center after they allowed this to occur

What happened

Employee placed a pair of sealed five liter mobile phase reservoirs on hot plates and enabled heating and stirring Second employee noticed the situation when the bottles were starting to bubble and notified first employee of the issue and then turned off the heat First employee attempted to bleed off the pressure from the reservoirs and a probable first degree burn resulted on the left palm of the employee The cap was removed and the mobile phase sprayed out of the pressurized vessel and covered the area including the celling tiles above No employees were splashed during this incident The employee was wearing a nitrile glove on the left hand ERT called temporary service provider and then took employee to the medical center after they allowed this to occur

Injury or illness

Burn or Scald heat Hand Left Hand

Object or substance involved

Steam from a Boiling media under pressure 45 pH acetate buffer

Summary line

Burn or Scald heat Hand Left Hand Steam from a Boiling media under pressure 45 pH acetate buffer Contact with temperature extremes

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.