LOWNDESBORO, ALABAMA·
SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC
Contact with hot objects or substances · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at SABIC Innovative Plastics US, LLC, 1 Plastics Drive, LOWNDESBORO, ALABAMA 36752 on , Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
Two employees were checking the baskets in a dual filter basket system for debris. The hot water flow had been diverted to one basket while they checked the other one; as they were about to replace that basket's lid, there was a pop and hot water rushed into it, scalding the two employees and causing second- and third-degree burns on their arms and chests. One of them was hospitalized.
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