LIBERTY, MISSOURI·
WestRock
Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at WestRock, 933 Kent Street, LIBERTY, MISSOURI 64068 on , Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was pumping overflowing process water when they stepped in an open hole containing hot process water, resulting in second-degree burns to their ankle.
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