Fractures and burns

Name: Fractures and burns at Polyone Corporation
Start: 6/27/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018066381 · 6/27/2018 · Polyone Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Arm(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Fractures and burns

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Special process machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Polyone Corporation
Location: 5306 Highway 146, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a scraping tool (located on the mixer's door) to remove resin from the bottom of the mixer when the door of the machine closed on the employee's arm pulling his arm into the drop area. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a fractured radius and second degree burns to the arm.

Source

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