Incident date: 2023-10-29
NAICS industry code: 335912

An employee was troubleshooting a stuck valve in an injection machine when they were splashed with molten plastic. The employee sustained burns to the left hand and forearm.

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