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Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — SANTA ROSA, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. in SANTA ROSA, TEXAS
Employer Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. Report ID 2016032614
Address 1300 Highway 107 City, State ZIP SANTA ROSA, TEXAS 78593
Event Date March 29, 2016 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Food products, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311311 Inspection # 1138247
GPS Coordinates 26.31000, -97.88000

Incident Narrative

Employees were about to take samples of hot sugar cane juice as the machine was processing the sugar cane. An air bubble inside the line caused the line to burp, and 200-degree hot sugar cane juice inside the line splattered onto the employees. Two employees sustained first and second degree burns.

Incident Summary

On March 29, 2016, a worker at Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, Inc. in SANTA ROSA, TEXAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with food products, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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