PALRAM PANEL, INC.

Contact with hot objects or substances - Second degree heat (thermal) burns - KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania

HOSPITALIZED, Worker hospitalized after incident at PALRAM PANEL, INC. in KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania
Employer PALRAM PANEL, INC.
Address 9735 COMMERCE CIRCLE ARCADIA WEST INDUSTRIAL PK.
City, State ZIP KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania 19530
Report ID 2015086026
Event Date August 23, 2015
Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns
Body Part Head and neck
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances
Source of Injury Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 424610
Inspection # 1088517
GPS Coordinates 40.53000, -75.77000

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Incident Narrative

Four employees were burned by hot plastic while working in the vicinity of a plastic extruding machine. One employee required hospitalization. The employees were purging an extruder machine and cleaning the die when they were sprayed with hot, melted PVC material. The hospitalized employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and neck.

Incident Summary

On August 23, 2015, a worker at PALRAM PANEL, INC. in KUTZTOWN, Pennsylvania suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the head and neck. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with plastics, resins, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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