Burns and corrosions, unspecified

Name: Burns and corrosions, unspecified at Kraton Chemical, LLC.
Start: 5/5/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054384 · 5/5/2018 · Kraton Chemical, LLC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Burns and corrosions, unspecified

Cause

Event: Exposure to harmful substances or environments, unspecified
Source: Resins
Secondary source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Kraton Chemical, LLC.
Location: 2 South Everitt Ave, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA, 32405
NAICS: 325194
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trying to open a pastillator basket filter (turns resin product into quarter-inch beads) when the pressure built up underneath the filter, causing the liquid resin to splash onto and burn his face and right forearm. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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