# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at A. Schulman Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010354` · 1/14/2016 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** A. Schulman Inc.
- **Location:** 1300 McCabe, LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator turned off the extruder when a maintenance worker told him to turn it back on. As he was turning it back on, he purged the machine. Air was caught behind some plastic, causing the 325-degree plastic to shoot out and hit the employee's right arm. The employee suffered third degree burns.

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