Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at A. Schulman Inc., 1300 McCabe, LA PORTE, TEXAS 77571
on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An operator turned off the extruder when a maintenance worker told him to turn it back on. As he was turning it back on, he purged the machine. Air was caught behind some plastic, causing the 325-degree plastic to shoot out and hit the employee's right arm. The employee suffered third degree burns.