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Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns — BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. in BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
Employer Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. Report ID 2015086042
Address 2040 Route 130 North City, State ZIP BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY 08016
Event Date August 24, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Sealing, stapling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 446110 Inspection # 1092544
GPS Coordinates 40.05000, -74.79000

Incident Narrative

An employee suffered third and fourth degree burns to the arm while installing a rubber gasket in the wrap weal #8 machine when the machine closed on the employee's arm that then contacted the 250 degree heated surface.

Incident Summary

On August 24, 2015, a worker at Express Scripts Pharmacy, Inc. in BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with sealing, stapling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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