# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at KW Plastics Recycling Division
> OSHA SIR `2023032108` · 3/7/2023 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, 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
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** KW Plastics Recycling Division
- **Location:** 279 Pike County Road, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sprayed with molten plastic that released from an extruder machine during the purging process. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the neck, shoulders, and arms.

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