Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA, 5495 LAKE PARK-CLYATTEVILLE RD., VALDOSTA, GEORGIA 31601
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was involved in repacking a pump in the pulp mill and had been monitoring/adjusting the seal water and packing gland for proper flow and gland leakage. As the employee turned and walked away from the completed job, the packing sleeve lost its fit to the hub/shaft and blew out of the packing box causing hot wheat black liquor (approximately 197 degrees) to spray onto the employee's back resulting in second degree thermal burns. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedBack, including spine, spinal cord, unspecifiedChemicals and chemical products, n.e.c.
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