Incident date: 2018-08-21
NAICS industry code: 326113

An employee was arriving at his workstation when a flash fire occurred inside a plastic scrap recycling machine. He suffered burns to his left arm and shoulder area, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: moderate