Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Second degree heat (thermal) burns at DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc.
Start: 6/26/2019

1 hospitalization · 2019066424 · 6/26/2019 · DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Face, unspecified
Nature of injury: Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Plastics, resins, unspecified

Employer

Name: DAK Americas Mississippi, Inc.
Location: 3303 Pot & Harbor Dr., BAY SAINT LOUIS, MISSISSIPPI, 39520
NAICS: 325211
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was assisting in the removal of a monomer pump bowl when he was sprayed with hot monomer (a slurry of PET plastic) and sustained a second degree burn to the lower face.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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