# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at ACCO Brands Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076513` · 7/19/2016 · BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** ACCO Brands Corporation
- **Location:** 101 Bolton Avenue, BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, 38829
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 4:15 p.m. on 7/18, an employee was cleaning a hot polymer glue press-pot using a scraper. The scraper broke, which caused both hands and her left forearm to come into contact with the hot glue. She sustained second degree burns to the palms and fingers of both hands and to the left forearm.

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