Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118016.015 - Employee incurs multiple burns when struck by hot liquid pla

Accident Summary Nr: 118016.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 07/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1415958.015	07/17/2019		326199	Landmark Plastic Corp.

Abstract: At 11:45 p.m. on July 7, 2019, an employee was scraping cooled plastic from a plastic extrusion machine that was going through a startup process. Once the employee had removed the cooled plastic was scraped away, it caused hot liquid plastic to escape and spray the employee. The employee sustained 1st and 2nd degree burns on his arms, hands, wrists and torso and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Cleaning, Hand, Heat, High Temperature, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, PPE, Plastic Mfg, Protective Clothing, Sprayed, Struck By, Torso, Wrist

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415958.015	32	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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