Incident date: 2024-06-18
NAICS industry code: 326112

On June 18, 2024, an employee was adjusting the "teeth" of the treater on a blown film line when they were electrically shocked by the treater resulting in third-degree burns on their thumb, index and middle fingers of their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns and electrocution
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: moderate