Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Lasko Products, Inc.
Start: 8/16/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016087661 · 8/16/2016 · Lasko Products, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Forearm(s)
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Plastics, resins, unspecified
Secondary source: Plastic injection molding machinery

Employer

Name: Lasko Products, Inc.
Location: 1700 Meacham Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
NAICS: 335211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was removing a solidified plastic plug from the plastic injection port of a molding machine when pieces of hot plastic contacted the employee's skin, causing thermal burns to the right forearm.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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