Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at ACCO Brands Corporation
Start: 7/19/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016076513 · 7/19/2016 · ACCO Brands Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

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

Employer

Name: ACCO Brands Corporation
Location: 101 Bolton Avenue, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38829
NAICS: 339999
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

At 4:15 p.m. on 7/18, an employee was cleaning a hot polymer glue press-pot using a scraper. The scraper broke, which caused both hands and her left forearm to come into contact with the hot glue. She sustained second degree burns to the palms and fingers of both hands and to the left forearm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown