Incident date: 2021-01-21
NAICS industry code: 325212

On January 21, 2021, a machine that is used to apply an adhesive to the back of solar panels became jammed. An employee attempted to pull the product from the jammed machine when hot adhesive sprayed out of the machine onto the employee's neck and hand, burning the employee.

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