Earth Pride Organics, LLC

Contact with hot objects or substances - Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns - LANCASTER, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at Earth Pride Organics, LLC in LANCASTER, Pennsylvania
Employer Earth Pride Organics, LLC
Address 2320 Norman Road
City, State ZIP LANCASTER, Pennsylvania 17601
Report ID 2015042090
Event Date April 17, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of Injury Soups, sauces, gravies
Industry (NAICS) 311941
Inspection # 1061919
GPS Coordinates 40.06427, -76.21534

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Incident Narrative

A sanitation worker was working at a sink in the production area near the kettles. A kettle operator was using a forklift to raise drums of hot sauce. A drum was knocked from the pallet, struck a cart, and hit the ground. A plastic bag within the drum broke open when the drum hit the floor, and the hot sauce contained within the plastic bag hit the back of the sanitation employee. The employee received first and second degree burns on the head, front, arm and leg. Additionally, an area on the foot received a third degree burn.

Incident Summary

On April 17, 2015, a worker at Earth Pride Organics, LLC in LANCASTER, Pennsylvania suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the foot (feet), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with soups, sauces, gravies identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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