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Waters Truck & Tractor Company

Other fall to lower level, unspecified — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Waters Truck & Tractor Company in COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI
Employer Waters Truck & Tractor Company Report ID 2023032054
Address 4335 Carson Rd City, State ZIP COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI 39701
Event Date March 6, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, unspecified
Event Type Other fall to lower level, unspecified Source of Injury Scaffolds-staging, unspecified
Secondary Source Nonclassifiable
Industry (NAICS) 333924 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.34000, -88.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cleaning pulp stock using a fire hose. The employee's hard hat fell off and the employee reached to grab it, causing them to fall off the working platform into the pulp stock. The employee sustained second-degree burns.

Incident Summary

On March 6, 2023, a worker at Waters Truck & Tractor Company in COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, unspecified. The incident was classified as other fall to lower level, unspecified, with scaffolds-staging, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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