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Expera Specialty Solutions

Contact with hot objects or substances — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Expera Specialty Solutions in KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN
Employer Expera Specialty Solutions Report ID 2015096826
Address 600 Thilmany Road City, State ZIP KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN 54130
Event Date September 17, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Body Part Eye(s)
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Water
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 44.28000, -88.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working on the #2 water softener. The sight glass blew, spraying the employee with hot water and causing an eye injury.

Incident Summary

On September 17, 2015, a worker at Expera Specialty Solutions in KAUKAUNA, WISCONSIN suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the eye(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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