# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Gates Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018065432` · 6/4/2018 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Gates Corporation
- **Location:** 630 US Highway 150 E, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 4, 2018, an employee was operating a mill machine when hot rubber stock would not feed into the rollers correctly. He was attempting to push the rubber stock with his gloved hand when the machine pulled the glove from his hand. A piece of hot rubber then flapped onto his left forearm, causing second and third degree burns. He was hospitalized.

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