Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Olin Corporation Winchester
Start: 4/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018043645 · 4/16/2018 · Olin Corporation Winchester

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Explosion, n.e.c.
Source: Ammunition
Secondary source: Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Olin Corporation Winchester
Location: 411 County Road 101, OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI, 38655
NAICS: 332992
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using needle nose pliers to remove a rifle cartridge from an adhesive pot filled with hot glue when the heat from the glue ignited the propellant powder in the rifle cartridge and caused it to burst open. Hot glue then splashed onto the employee's left arm and left hand, causing burns that required hospitalization.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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