# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Rogers Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022076398` · 7/21/2022 · BEAR, DELAWARE
## 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:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Rogers Corporation
- **Location:** 1100 Governor Lea Road, BEAR, DELAWARE, 19701
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 21, 2022, employees were working to set up a calendar machine for new product. The injured employee was in training and entered the front of the calendar oven to feed material through the rollers to a second employee. While feeding materials through the rollers, the machine started pulling the injured employee's right arm into the chill roller and idler arm that was adjacent to a heating roller. The employee suffered third-degree burns to their right forearm.

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