# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Radici Plastic USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016043448` · 4/25/2016 · WADSWORTH, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Radici Plastic USA Inc.
- **Location:** 960 Seville Road, WADSWORTH, OHIO, 44281
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was operating the plastic compounding extruder and completing a screen change. When the plastic built up pressure, it came out of the screen change burning the employee's left forearm.

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