# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Scapa, NA
> OSHA SIR `2015107782` · 10/19/2015 · LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Scapa, NA
- **Location:** 1111 Vine Street, LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, 13088
- **NAICS:** 322222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking into a hopper containing molten plastic to determine why the hopper was not running smoothly. Molten plastic backed up onto the employee's hands, burning them and requiring surgery.

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