Incident date: 2022-07-13
NAICS industry code: 326199

On July 13, 2022, at approximately 3:30 AM, an employee was unjamming a plastic injection molding machine. Molten plastic was released from the machine and caused first, second, and third degree burns to the employee's upper torso. 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: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate