Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Nox US, LLC, 931 South Springville Avenue, FOSTORIA, OHIO 44830
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee crawled under the lamination line she was operating and her right hand and arm were burned by a heated roller.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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