Incident date: 2017-11-01
NAICS industry code: 446199

An employee was operating a plastics extrusion machine when a pressure buildup due to temperature differences in the plastic material caused a release of liquid plastic. The liquid plastic contacted the employee between a seam in the employee's PPE glove and protective garment (sleeve), burning the left forearm and hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate