Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at International Paper
Start: 9/9/2016

1 hospitalization · 2016098535 · 9/9/2016 · International Paper

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: Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: International Paper
Location: 10 Wilson Road, EIGHTY FOUR, PENNSYLVANIA, 15330
NAICS: 322211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working on the tear tape machine and was loosening bolts to the supporting bar when the bar fell and forced his right hand down and into the hot plate area. He suffered third-degree burns on the back of his right hand.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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