Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Name: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at IFS Industries, Inc.
Start: 8/3/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022086831 · 8/3/2022 · IFS Industries, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns

Cause

Event: Contact with hot objects or substances
Source: Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: IFS Industries, Inc.
Location: 400 Orrton Avenue, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
NAICS: 325520
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was replacing a temperature gauge on a discharge header from a tank in a hot melt manufacturing building. As he was removing the gauge, hot adhesive discharged from the threaded port piping and caused second- and third-degree burns on the top side of his right arm from the elbow to the wrist.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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