Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on July 12, 1999, Employee #1 was cleaning a tank in a poultry processing plant with a scraper. This tank contained hot water and wax from the ducks. While cleaning this tank, the scraper fell inside the tank. In an attempt to retrieve the scraper from the bottom of the tank, Employee #1 was leaning along the edge of the tank, and fell into the tank. Employee #1 sustained second-degree burns with large areas of sloughing skin on the left upper lateral arm, the complete right arm, the anterior chest and abdomen, and most of the right arm and leg. Employee #1 was transported to the USC County Burn Center and was hospitalized.