Incident date: 2020-04-02
NAICS industry code: 314110

An employee was changing a pressure transducer on an extruder barrel when hot polyester polymer released due to a pressure buildup, causing severe burns to the employee's right arm and neck.

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