Incident date: 2019-01-24
NAICS industry code: 326199

At 11:45 a.m., on January 24, 2019, two employees were inspecting the feed throat of the barrel in an injection molding machine that was having a material flow issue. The screw was retracted and overheated degraded nylon was forced out through the screw feed throat, burning one of the employees on the hands and face. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

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