Incident date: 2020-01-04
NAICS industry code: 322219

On January 3, 2020, an employee was working on the singlefacer to troubleshoot a quality issue with the machine. A singlefacer is an enclosed machine that forms a corrugated shape in a sheet of kraft paper and bonds it to a sheet of flat linerboard using a starch-based adhesive. While removing bolts from the steam chest, the chest unexpectedly dropped and released hot water onto the employee's chest, arms, and legs. The employee was hospitalized for burns.

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