Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
Start: 11/7/2016

1 hospitalization · 20161110472 · 11/7/2016 · HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Plastic injection molding machinery

Employer

Name: HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
Location: 1884 Warrenton Hwy, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
NAICS: 336399
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on an injection molding machine, attempting to unclog a valve, when pressure that built up behind the valve caused it to release hot nylon. The nylon burned the employee's right hand, requiring overnight hospitalization.

Source

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