Incident date: 2017-01-20
NAICS industry code: 325220

An employee was using a shop vacuum to remove a liquid nylon blockage from a machine in the production area. Pressure had built up on the opposite side of the blockage, and as it was removed, the pressurized liquid nylon sprayed out striking the employee. He sustained second degree burns to the face and other burns to both hands and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate