# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Mattex USA
> OSHA SIR `2017021791` · 2/24/2017 · CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mattex USA
- **Location:** 3937 Old Federal Road, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a screen on the extruder and received second and third degree burns on the neck and face from the heated polypropylene (240 to 280 degrees C). The employee was not using PPE at the time.

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