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Byrne DeWitt

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Byrne DeWitt in EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
Employer Byrne DeWitt Report ID 2023054265
Address 6750 West Benedict Road City, State ZIP EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13057
Event Date May 12, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 311511 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 43.08000, -76.05000

Incident Narrative

An employee was tightening a leaking tri-clover clamp on the pressure relief valve that directs the clean-in-place solution. The relief valve came off and 155-degree F hot caustic solution came out of the opening and struck the employee on the abdomen, resulting in thermal burns.

Incident Summary

On May 12, 2023, a worker at Byrne DeWitt in EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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