Graphic Packaging International, LLC

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Graphic Packaging International, LLC in QUEEN CITY, TEXAS
Employer Graphic Packaging International, LLC Report ID 2019010530
Address 9978 FM 3129 City, State ZIP QUEEN CITY, TEXAS 75572
Event Date January 16, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Industry (NAICS) 322121 Inspection # 1375209
GPS Coordinates 33.25000, -94.07000

Incident Narrative

An employee was repairing a hole on a steam and condensate blowdown line in the power house when the steam caused second degree burns to 50 percent of the employee's body.

Incident Summary

On January 16, 2019, a worker at Graphic Packaging International, LLC in QUEEN CITY, TEXAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with steam, vapors-nonchemical identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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