Other burns, third or fourth degree

Name: Other burns, third or fourth degree at Boral Industries
Start: 12/18/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181212946 · 12/18/2018 · Boral Industries

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Hand(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Other burns, third or fourth degree

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source: Conveyors-belt

Employer

Name: Boral Industries
Location: 317 Covered Bridge Rd., EUHARLEE, GEORGIA, 30120
NAICS: 424690
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was reaching to access the roller area of a conveyor belt system to clean gypsum from under a roller. His hand was caught between the roller and the conveyor belt, resulting in second and third degree friction burns to the back of his right hand. The machine was running and guarded at the time.

Source

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