# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tensar International Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022087112` · 8/11/2022 · MORROW, GEORGIA
## 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:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tensar International Corporation
- **Location:** 1210 Citizens Parkway, MORROW, GEORGIA, 30260
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine's die head. Hot plastic was purged onto the employee, who suffered second- and third-degree burns to the lower right forearm from wrist to elbow.

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