Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PALRAM PANEL, INC.
Start: 8/23/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086026 · 8/23/2015 · PALRAM PANEL, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and neck
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: PALRAM PANEL, INC.
Location: 9735 COMMERCE CIRCLE ARCADIA WEST INDUSTRIAL PK., KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19530
NAICS: 424610
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

Four employees were burned by hot plastic while working in the vicinity of a plastic extruding machine. One employee required hospitalization. The employees were purging an extruder machine and cleaning the die when they were sprayed with hot, melted PVC material. The hospitalized employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and neck.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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