Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Abbott Nutrition, 585 Cleveland Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the shoulder(s) and arm(s).
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Final narrative
On September 24, 2022, two employees were cleaning an aseptic processor room. When a stainless steel filter housing lid clamp was removed, sodium hydroxide solution heated to 170 degrees escaped and sprayed out onto the two employees. One of them suffered second-degree burns to the arms and shoulder.
HospitalizedShoulder(s) and arm(s)Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate