# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20161110472` · 11/7/2016 · THOMSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HP PELZER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
- **Location:** 1884 Warrenton Hwy, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on an injection molding machine, attempting to unclog a valve, when pressure that built up behind the valve caused it to release hot nylon. The nylon burned the employee's right hand, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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