Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at The Western Sugar Cooperative, 18317 Highway 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO 80701
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the hand(s) and wrist(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was changing filter bags on a pan water filter. As the employee was form-fitting the filter to the basket, 200-degree water flowed into the employee's glove, causing second degree burns (and a subsequent infection) to the employee's left wrist/hand.
HospitalizedHand(s) and wrist(s)Water
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