# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at ALPHA PACKAGING
> OSHA SIR `2016065425` · 6/18/2016 · BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ALPHA PACKAGING
- **Location:** 1995 HIGHLAND AVE., BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA, 18020
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to place molds into a machine when some pressure built up in the head of the mold. The employee received burns to the left bicep and wrist.

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