Incident date: 2025-08-28
NAICS industry code: 311422

An employee was moving three stacked bins with a pallet jack in the centering room. While turning, the bins struck a wall-mounted control panel, causing an unopened kettle behind the employee to open. Heated bone broth was released. The employee went to close the kettle and came in contact with the hot broth (approximately 200 degrees) resulting in second-degree burns to their legs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Liquid foods and beverages
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate