# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SACO AEI Polymers Inc
> OSHA SIR `20181011243` · 10/31/2018 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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
## Employer
- **Name:** SACO AEI Polymers Inc
- **Location:** 3120 Crocker Ave., SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53081
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was scraping hot melted plastic from an extruder machine. The employee's putty knife penetrated a skin formed on the plastic; molten plastic sprayed onto the employee, causing burns to the face, torso, and left and right arms.

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