# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Traf-Mark Industries, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2024109984` · 10/28/2024 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Hot or molten materials  n.e.c..
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Traf-Mark Industries, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 255 County Road 4021, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72404
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using pressurized air to blow hot thermoplastic material from a pressurized line in a thermoplastic striper machine out into a pan. An open valve caused the molten plastic to come out into the pan with force and then strike the employee's right hand, arm, and face resulting in third-degree burns.

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