Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at KW Plastics Recycling Division, 279 Pike County Road, TROY, ALABAMA 36079
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was sprayed with molten plastic that released from an extruder machine during the purging process. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the neck, shoulders, and arms.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Plastics, resins, unspecified
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