Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Hexcel Corporation, 3300 Mallard Fox Drive, DECATUR, ALABAMA 35601
on , Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
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Final narrative
An employee was lowering fins into a 95-degree-Celsius water bath, used to stretch fibers. A hole in the employee's left glove allowed water in, and the employee's hand was burned. The employee was hospitalized. Hot stretch gloves over cut-resistant gloves were being worn at the time of the incident.