# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Nuvida Plastic Technology
> OSHA SIR `2018099913` · 9/25/2018 · MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nuvida Plastic Technology
- **Location:** 925 Georges Rd, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY, 08852
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were trying to start up a plastics extruder after a maintenance shutdown. As they tried to resolve an overpressurization problem, molten plastic began spraying from the screen changer vents. Both employees suffered burns to the head, torso, and upper extremities. They were hospitalized.

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