# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Lasko Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087661` · 8/16/2016 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## 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:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lasko Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 Meacham Blvd, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
- **NAICS:** 335211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a solidified plastic plug from the plastic injection port of a molding machine when pieces of hot plastic contacted the employee's skin, causing thermal burns to the right forearm.

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