Incident date: 2018-03-29
NAICS industry code: 332812

An employee was removing tape from pipes at a powder coating booth.  As a pipe exited the powder coating booth, he attempted to remove the tape at the end of the pipe. His left forearm was then pulled into the pipe, receiving third degree burns that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate