Incident date: 2017-02-24
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was changing out a screen on the extruder and received second and third degree burns on the neck and face from the heated polypropylene (240 to 280 degrees C). The employee was not using PPE at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate