Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.
Start: 8/24/2015

1 hospitalization · 2015086042 · 8/24/2015 · Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Sealing, stapling machinery

Employer

Name: Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.
Location: 2040 Route 130 North, BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08016
NAICS: 446110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee suffered third and fourth degree burns to the arm while installing a rubber gasket in the wrap weal #8 machine when the machine closed on the employee's arm that then contacted the 250 degree heated surface.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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