# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at IFS Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022086831` · 8/3/2022 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Adhesives, glues, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** IFS Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Orrton Avenue, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19611
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a temperature gauge on a discharge header from a tank in a hot melt manufacturing building. As he was removing the gauge, hot adhesive discharged from the threaded port piping and caused second- and third-degree burns on the top side of his right arm from the elbow to the wrist.

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