# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Polytech Fibers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076297` · 7/29/2021 · CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Polytech Fibers, LLC
- **Location:** 2017 Highway 411 N, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was near a production machine when it sprayed hot plastic onto the employee, causing burns to the left arm, face, and chest.

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