Fremont, OH ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kraft Heinz
Skin disorder · Days away from work
At a glance
On , a skin disorder at Kraft Heinz in 1200 N Fifth St, Fremont, OH 43420 resulted in days away from work. Employee was line Technician in ketchup manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kraft Heinz
- Parent company
- Kraft Heinz
- Street
- 1200 N Fifth St
- City
- Fremont
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43420
- On-site location
- Line 8 Homogenizer 10
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Skin disorder (code 2)
- Days away from work
- 14
Before the incident
Removing pip line [REDACTED] homogenizer - preping equipment for repair
What happened
employee attempted to remove a pipe from [REDACTED] for welding and repair. After following all proper Lockout Tagout procedures the employee was using a wrench to loosen the pipe when some remaining residual air pressure released causing hot ketchup to splash onto the one of the employees skin of their face neck wrist and arm and onto the front of the other employees clothing (no skin contact reported).
Injury or illness
Burn of second degree of nose lip(s) Forehead and cheek head face neck unspecififed site right shoulder right upper arm. Burn of the first degree of head face neck unspecified site right upper arm right wrist right forearm.
Object or substance involved
hot product
Summary line
2nd degree burns to face arms chest and upper body
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Line Technician
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311421: Ketchup manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 380
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 848,951
- EIN
- 250542520
- Establishment ID
- 1240155
- Employer case #
- 37104
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 00:00
- Time of incident
- 17:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-03-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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