# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Medway Plastics
> OSHA SIR `20241211523` · 12/12/2024 · ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Hot or molten materials  n.e.c..
- **Secondary source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Medway Plastics
- **Location:** 1600 Royston Lane, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, 78664
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing hardened plastic from the barrel of an injection mold machine when hot melted plastic shot out and burned both his hands.

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