Sodexo, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Sodexo, Inc. in WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer Sodexo, Inc. Report ID 2015096465
Address 415 S. Street City, State ZIP WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 02453
Event Date September 3, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Forearm(s)
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Water
Industry (NAICS) 722310 Inspection # 1092132
GPS Coordinates 42.36000, -71.25000

Incident Narrative

An employee was preparing rice for the Brandeis University catering service. When the rice was finished cooking, the employee pulled the hotel pan out of the cooker. The residual water left over from the cooking process splashed out of the pan and onto the employee's lower right arm, causing second degree burns.

Incident Summary

On September 3, 2015, a worker at Sodexo, Inc. in WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with water identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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