# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Washington Works Plant
> OSHA SIR `2021010462` · 1/18/2021 · WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Washington Works Plant
- **Location:** 8480 DuPont Road, WASHINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26181
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was melting solid plastic to unclog a plug pipe when melted plastic shot out of the pipe and landed between the employee's glove and hot suit, causing third-degree burns.

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