Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Scapa, NA, 1111 Vine Street, LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK 13088
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was looking into a hopper containing molten plastic to determine why the hopper was not running smoothly. Molten plastic backed up onto the employee's hands, burning them and requiring surgery.
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An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.
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