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Electric Cable Compounds, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Electric Cable Compounds, Inc. in NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT
Employer Electric Cable Compounds, Inc. Report ID 2019066344
Address 108 Rado Drive City, State ZIP NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT 06770
Event Date June 24, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 325991 Inspection # 1412844
GPS Coordinates 41.51000, -73.02000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in the extruder area preforming purging activities when the employee became injured by the material compound and sustained burns to the left side of the face and right wrist. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 24, 2019, a worker at Electric Cable Compounds, Inc. in NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with chemicals and chemical products, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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