Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania

Contact with hot objects or substances — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified — LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania in LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA
Employer Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania Report ID 2023098167
Address 60 East Main Street City, State ZIP LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA 17540
Event Date September 5, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Body Part Leg(s), unspecified
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 326140 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 40.08000, -76.17000

Incident Narrative

An employee was reconnecting the sheets underneath the oven when the oven opened and burned his legs.

Incident Summary

On September 5, 2023, a worker at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania in LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA suffered heat (thermal) burns, unspecified to the leg(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

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