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POLYMER CORPORATION

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at POLYMER CORPORATION in PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS
Employer POLYMER CORPORATION Report ID 2015021314
Address One Third Street City, State ZIP PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS 01069
Event Date February 10, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Hand(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning Source of Injury Plastic injection molding machinery
Industry (NAICS) 326199 Inspection # 1037391
GPS Coordinates 42.20000, -72.35000

Incident Narrative

An employee received second degree burns on the left hand while attempting to free an obstruction in an injection molding machine.

Incident Summary

On February 10, 2015, a worker at POLYMER CORPORATION in PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the hand(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning, with plastic injection molding machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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