Incident date: 2017-09-29
NAICS industry code: 326199

An employee was performing regular maintenance on a die machine when hot melted plastic fell from the machine and landed on his face. He suffered second and third degree burns on his face and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate