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Cooper Natural Resources

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

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Cooper Natural Resources in LOOP, TEXAS
Employer Cooper Natural Resources Report ID 2023054569
Address County Road 120 Cedar Lake Loop City, State ZIP LOOP, TEXAS 79342
Event Date May 22, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Thigh(s)
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Liquids, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 325180 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.91000, -102.41000

Incident Narrative

An employee was checking the solids on the crystallizer and melter. As the employee opened the valve to get a sample, the camlock came loose and the employee was sprayed with 170-180-degree hot salt slurry. He sustained second-degree burns on his thighs that required hospitalization.

Incident Summary

On May 22, 2023, a worker at Cooper Natural Resources in LOOP, TEXAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the thigh(s). The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with liquids, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,849 severe injury reports involving "Contact with hot objects or substances" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with hot objects or substances injuries.

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