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Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
1 hospitalization · 2021076297 · 7/29/2021 · Polytech Fibers, LLC
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
- Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
Employer
- Name
- Polytech Fibers, LLC
- Location
- 2017 Highway 411 N, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
- NAICS
- 325220
- Jurisdiction
- 1
Narrative
An employee was near a production machine when it sprayed hot plastic onto the employee, causing burns to the left arm, face, and chest.
Source
- Authoritative
- OSHA Severe Injury Reports
- Machine
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