Incident date: 2023-03-07
NAICS industry code: 423930

An employee was sprayed with molten plastic that released from an extruder machine during the purging process. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the neck, shoulders, and arms.

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