Incident date: 2018-06-04
NAICS industry code: 326220

On June 4, 2018, an employee was operating a mill machine when hot rubber stock would not feed into the rollers correctly. He was attempting to push the rubber stock with his gloved hand when the machine pulled the glove from his hand. A piece of hot rubber then flapped onto his left forearm, causing second and third degree burns. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Parts and materials, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate