# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PALRAM PANEL, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015086026` · 8/23/2015 · KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PALRAM PANEL, INC.
- **Location:** 9735 COMMERCE CIRCLE ARCADIA WEST INDUSTRIAL PK., KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19530
- **NAICS:** 424610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Four employees were burned by hot plastic while working in the vicinity of a plastic extruding machine. One employee required hospitalization. The employees were purging an extruder machine and cleaning the die when they were sprayed with hot, melted PVC material. The hospitalized employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face and neck.

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