Rogers Corporation
Contact with hot objects or substances - Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns - BEAR, Delaware
| Employer | Rogers Corporation |
| Address | 1100 Governor Lea Road |
| City, State ZIP | BEAR, Delaware 19701 |
| Report ID | 2022076398 |
| Event Date | July 21, 2022 |
| Outcome | Hospitalized |
| Nature of Injury | Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns |
| Body Part | Forearm(s) |
| Event Type | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Source of Injury | Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery |
| Industry (NAICS) | 326130 |
| Inspection # | 1610338 |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.60000, -75.66000 |
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Incident Narrative
On July 21, 2022, employees were working to set up a calendar machine for new product. The injured employee was in training and entered the front of the calendar oven to feed material through the rollers to a second employee. While feeding materials through the rollers, the machine started pulling the injured employee's right arm into the chill roller and idler arm that was adjacent to a heating roller. The employee suffered third-degree burns to their right forearm.
Incident Summary
On July 21, 2022, a worker at Rogers Corporation in BEAR, Delaware suffered third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns to the forearm(s). The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.
Context
OSHA has recorded 1,902 severe injury reports involving "Contact with hot objects or substances" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with hot objects or substances injuries.
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