# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Quality Associates, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016032106` · 3/9/2016 · SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Associates, Inc.
- **Location:** 9300 Old Scotland Rd., SHIPPENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17257
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the production floor moving a hot glue cart when the cart began to fall. The employee tried to stop the cart and glue pot from falling, but he fell with it and his hand contacted the melted glue. He suffered third degree burns to his hand.

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