# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at POLYMER CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2015021314` · 2/10/2015 · PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** POLYMER CORPORATION
- **Location:** One Third Street, PALMER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01069
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received second degree burns on the left hand while attempting to free an obstruction in an injection molding machine.

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