# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at A&A Safety, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111648` · 11/8/2019 · AMELIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** A&A Safety, Inc.
- **Location:** 1126 Ferris Road, AMELIA, OHIO, 45102
- **NAICS:** 339950
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the material level in the melter on a striping truck, which was parallel to a 
supply truck from which a hose was running into the melter. The hose ruptured and the employee was sprayed with molten thermoplastic. He suffered second- and third-degree burns to the face and the back of the neck, and some plastic adhered to his skin.

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