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Avanti Cigar Company, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns — DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Avanti Cigar Company, Inc. in DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Avanti Cigar Company, Inc. Report ID 2018054325
Address 200 Keystone Industrial Park City, State ZIP DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA 18512
Event Date May 3, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 312221 Inspection # 1314347
GPS Coordinates 41.41000, -75.59000

Incident Narrative

An employee was unloading the hot melt glue from a heated reservoir of a glue application machine. He unloaded the unit into a medium-sized cardboard box. The volume of material was about 2 gallons. He then immediately carried the open-top cardboard box outside to the dumpster. He attempted to cleanly throw the box into the dumpster, but the box hit either the edge of the dumpster or something else and bounced back towards him. The hot glue was expelled from the box and landed on both of his bare hands and right bare arm. He suffered second and third degree burns.

Incident Summary

On May 3, 2018, a worker at Avanti Cigar Company, Inc. in DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with adhesives, glues, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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