Incident date: 2015-12-15
NAICS industry code: 333132

Four employees were taken to the hospital for burns on their face and hands when a machine blew out hot polyphenylene sulfide (chemical). The chemical is used to manufacturer insulator pipes.   The employees were trouble shooting the extruder when they were burned.  Two employees were hospitalized.

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