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DURA-LINE CORPORATION

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — TENNILLE, GEORGIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at DURA-LINE CORPORATION in TENNILLE, GEORGIA
Employer DURA-LINE CORPORATION Report ID 2021076397
Address Dura-Line, Tennille, 995 Waco Mill Road City, State ZIP TENNILLE, GEORGIA 31089
Event Date July 26, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Plastics, resins, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326122 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 32.87000, -82.78000

Incident Narrative

An employee was restarting a plastic machine. Melted plastic got on his right arm, his armpit, and the right side of his torso. He suffered second-degree burns and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On July 26, 2021, a worker at DURA-LINE CORPORATION in TENNILLE, GEORGIA suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with plastics, resins, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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