Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202627915 - Worker Burns Hand with Molten Plastic

Accident Summary Nr: 202627915 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 12/26/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313511644	02/09/2011	3081	326113	Global Plastics Inc.

Abstract: At or about 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, December 26, 2010, a regular full-time employee was working for an employer primarily engaged in the manufacture of plastic sheet rolls for wholesale purposes. He was working next to the AMUT SPA Line 3 extrusion machine in a production area. He sustained second-degree burns to his right hand when his hand inadvertently slipped into a metal trough three-quarters full of hot liquid plastic heated to 400 to 500 degrees F. He was wearing a protective jacket with the sleeve tucked inside the cuff of a leather glove. The hot liquid plastic went inside his glove from the cuff and burned his wrist and hand. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: BURN, PPE, GLOVE, MOLDING MACHINE, MACHINE OPERATOR, PLASTIC MFG, HAND, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313511644			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Extruding and forming machine operators

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.