Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Western Sugar Cooperative, 18317 HIGHWAY 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO 80701
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
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Final narrative
Two maintenance employees were inspecting the Omega coupling on the high melter pump. During inspection, the employees realized the shaft on the pump was broken rather than the coupling. The maintenance supervisor was going to locate a rebuilt seal assembly for the pump. The employees started removing the seal assembly from the pump. As one of the employees removed the base plate bolts from the pump, the head pressure from the high melter tank pushed the seal assembly out of the pump casing and hot sugar juice sprayed onto the employees causing first and second degree burns to the upper and lower arm, hand and chest areas.
HospitalizedShoulder(s) and arm(s)Food products, n.e.c.