THE FRESH MARKET, INC.
Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury — BOCA RATON, Florida
| Employer | THE FRESH MARKET, INC. |
| Address | 100 W. CAMINO REAL |
| City, State ZIP | BOCA RATON, Florida 33432 |
| Report ID | 2015129870 |
| Event Date | December 27, 2015 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury |
| Body Part | Sole(s), unspecified |
| Event Type | Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified |
| Source of Injury | Meat, poultry, seafood |
| Industry (NAICS) | 445110 |
| GPS Coordinates | 26.33990, -80.09030 |
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Incident Narrative
An employee was cutting turkey meat and got juice on the sole of his right foot. The employee was later hospitalized for surgery on the infected foot.
Incident Summary
On December 27, 2015, a worker at THE FRESH MARKET, INC. in BOCA RATON, Florida suffered soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury to the sole(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified, with meat, poultry, seafood identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 18 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to harmful substance through skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue, unspecified injuries.
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