# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Hach Company
> OSHA SIR `20181213082` · 12/21/2018 · LOVELAND, COLORADO
## 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:** Hach Company
- **Location:** 5600 Lindbergh Drive, LOVELAND, COLORADO, 80538
- **NAICS:** 334516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning hot, hardening plastic from a barrel when the plastic exploded out of the barrel. The employee suffered burns to the face and hands.

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