Incident date: 2020-10-05
NAICS industry code: 331316

An employee was preparing the molding machine for the shift by removing the sprue plug from the injector. When the sprue was removed, hot resin struck the employee's left hand and arm resulting in first and second degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Resins
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate