Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns second degree
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HARCROS CHEMICALS INC., 3452 CORPORATE DR, DALTON, GEORGIA 30720
on , Thermal burns second degree, affecting the exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was introducing an air sparge to an atmospheric blending vessel which contained sodium glucoheptonate (SGH) mother liquid heated to approximately 210 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee opened a valve to introduce air at the base of the vessel and rise through the vessel contents. The valve was stuck and when the handle broke free it turned further than desired and released more air than intended. The air rising through the vessel caused the SGH mother liquid to splash out of a 23-inch diameter manhole in the top of the vessel approximately 11 feet above the employee. The heated liquid fell onto the employee causing first- and second-degree thermal burns to his back.
HospitalizedExterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecifiedChemicals and hazardous materials unspecified