# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
> OSHA SIR `2015010511` · 1/15/2015 · POINT COMFORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Formosa Plastics Corporation, Texas
- **Location:** 201 Formosa Dr, POINT COMFORT, TEXAS, 77978
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee received 2nd and 3rd degree burns from hot liquid plastic while removing a plug.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*