Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10065
on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was recovering a glass container from an autoclave when the hot phosphate buffer saline solution erupted from the autoclave and burned the employee's legs. Proper PPE was not worn at the time.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedMultiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.