# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Profile Plastics, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099399` · 9/29/2017 · CANTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Profile Plastics, Inc.
- **Location:** 1226 Prospect, CANTON, OHIO, 44706
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing regular maintenance on a die machine when hot melted plastic fell from the machine and landed on his face. He suffered second and third degree burns on his face and was hospitalized.

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