Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Quality Associates, Inc.
Start: 3/9/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016032106 · 3/9/2016 · Quality Associates, Inc.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Quality Associates, Inc.
Location: 9300 Old Scotland Rd., SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17257
NAICS: 493110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on the production floor moving a hot glue cart when the cart began to fall. The employee tried to stop the cart and glue pot from falling, but he fell with it and his hand contacted the melted glue. He suffered third degree burns to his hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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