Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Union Carbide, 355 hwy 3142, HAHNVILLE, LOUISIANA 70057
on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
On January 18, 2023, an employee was investigating a boiler feed water leak. The leak was stopped and the employee began completing housekeeping tasks in the area. He stepped in a puddle of boiler feed water, submerging his lower leg to the top of his rubber boot, resulting in second-degree burns of the lower leg and foot. The employee was hospitalized.