Incident date: 2019-01-24
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was repairing the gearbox in front of an extruder when he came in contact with molten plastic and sustained second degree burns to the left temple and third degree burns to the left forearm.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate