# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Hollingsworth & Vose Company
> OSHA SIR `2019055275` · 5/24/2019 · GREENWICH, NEW YORK
## 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:** Dryers-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Hollingsworth & Vose Company
- **Location:** 2322 State Route 29, GREENWICH, NEW YORK, 12834
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was threading a 12" tail into the lead-out roll under the thru air dryer on a paper machine when the paper tail fell out. The employee went to manually tuck it into the nip point, and his right arm was drawn into the roller. He suffered a third degree burn to the right forearm that required hospitalization.

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