# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Medline Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065453` · 6/22/2022 · LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Medline Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 9101 RIVERSIDE PKY., LITHIA SPRINGS, GEORGIA, 30122
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/22/2022, an employee was placing a shirt on a heat transfer machine when the heat plate came down on her hands resulting in burns to both thumbs.

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