Incident date: 2021-12-28
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was helping during work with plastic film heated to about 320 degrees Fahrenheit. The material wrapped around his forearm and palm, causing second-degree burns to the forearm and a small third-degree burn to the palm. He was hospitalized, requiring a skin graft.

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), unspecified
severity: moderate