Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Name: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Manassas Polymers
Start: 10/24/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191011122 · 10/24/2019 · Manassas Polymers

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Plastics, resins, unspecified
Secondary source: Extruding machinery

Employer

Name: Manassas Polymers
Location: 161 Executuive Dr. Calhoun: Warehouse Area, CALHOUN, GEORGIA, 30701
NAICS: 326199
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was working as the lead operator of an extrusion line and was monitoring the operation of the plastics extruder. The employee was standing next to the vent of an extruder machine when hot plastic overflowed from the extrusion line s vacuum vent. The employee sustained severe burns to his arms and forehead.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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