# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Mercury Plastics, Inc. dba Felpak
> OSHA SIR `2025077444` · 7/29/2025 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **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:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Mercury Plastics, Inc. dba Felpak
- **Location:** 11550 King Street, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 29, 2025, at approximately 1:15 PM, an employee was cleaning a vent on an extruder machine. He was breaking a hardened plastic clog by hitting it with a mallet and a screwdriver. When he broke through the first layer of plastic, hot liquefied plastic that was under the hardened surface splashed onto the employee causing burns to his face, neck, arms, and hands.

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