# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Polyester Fibers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118899` · 11/24/2015 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polyester Fibers, LLC
- **Location:** 2119 Dalton Drive, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38801
- **NAICS:** 313230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting a new run of fiber. As she went to pull the fiber from the oven, her right hand and arm got caught in an adjustable conveyor. Her hand and arm were severely burned.

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