# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Poly-America
> OSHA SIR `2018088619` · 8/21/2018 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Poly-America
- **Location:** 200 West Marshall Drive, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75051
- **NAICS:** 326113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was arriving at his workstation when a flash fire occurred inside a plastic scrap recycling machine. He suffered burns to his left arm and shoulder area, requiring hospitalization.

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