Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — FOREST, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS in FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS Report ID 2022031901
Address 11634 Highway 80 W City, State ZIP FOREST, MISSISSIPPI 39074
Event Date March 1, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Steam, vapors-nonchemical
Secondary Source Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311613 Inspection # 1582622
GPS Coordinates 32.36000, -89.43000

Incident Narrative

Two maintenance employees were unclogging a hydrolyzer. While one of them was reaching into a portal to remove the clog, a steam pocket released steam through the portal. The other employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the left arm and the left side of the face.

Incident Summary

On March 1, 2022, a worker at Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS in FOREST, MISSISSIPPI suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. 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.

Context

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