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Accident Summary Nr: 111797.015 - Employee sustains second and third degree burns when splashe

Accident Summary Nr: 111797.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/07/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1365937.015	12/13/2018		311942	Morton Salt Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee was closing the ball valve when the valve broke off and sprayed him with 227 degrees of a hot liquid brine and salt solution. The employee sustained second and third degree burns to his right arm, arm pit, and abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Abdomen, Arm, Burn, Hot Water, Splashed, Sprayed, Valve

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1365937.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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