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OSHA Injury Report: Michael Foods West Jefferson

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Michael Foods West Jefferson in 2 Walker Way, West Jefferson, OH 43162 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was WJ Processor in milk based drinks, dietary, manufacturing.

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Parent company
Michael Foods West Jefferson
Street
2 Walker Way
City
West Jefferson
State
OH
ZIP
43162
On-site location
Control Panel
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

cleaning

Employee was preparing to sterilize after a CIP. They thought they had missed a QA swab so they attempted to abort the sterilize process by hitting the E-Stop. Following that they attempted to remove the damper to do the QA swab and trapped hot water was released burning the employees arm.

Burn or Scald (Heat) (Lower Arm - Left)

Hot pipe damper cap

Employee was preparing to sterilize after a CIP. They thought they had missed a QA swab so they attempted to abort the sterilize process by hitting the E-Stop. Following that they attempted to remove the damper to do the QA swab and trapped hot water was

Job description
WJ Processor
SOC code
51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311514: Milk based drinks, dietary, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
117
Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
385,533
EIN
834384943
Establishment ID
1276064
Employer case #
24_5346
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
03:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted to OSHA
2025-01-29

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