On Wednesday, November 1st 2017 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Saukville, WI after learning of an incident at Jeneil Biotech, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, October 25th 2017. A 35 year old Laborer had been injured when the employee sustained chemical burns while cleaning out a pressu
Accident Date2017-10-25
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 9:15 a.m. on October 25, 2017, an employee was working for a manufacturer of spices and extracts. The facility had a glass fermentation vessel used for distilling a dairy byproduct. He was cleaning this chemical reaction vessel and he was not paying attention to fluid levels. A safety valve opened and released hot cleaning liquid onto him. He sustained thermal burns and possibly some chemical irritation. He was hospitalized.