# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Fielco, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110750` · 11/16/2016 · HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Resins
## Employer
- **Name:** Fielco, LLC
- **Location:** 1957 Pioneer Road, HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 19006
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transforming hot resin from a 55-gallon drum that was elevated by a forklift over an open vat. The employee opened a gate valve on the drum and the valve popped off, creating an uncontrolled release of the hot liquid that caused serious burns to his right forearm. He was hospitalized.

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