# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Polaris Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109558` · 10/10/2016 · MADISON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Polaris Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 7049 Greenbriar Parkway NW, MADISON, ALABAMA, 35756
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing over the nozzles on an injection molding machine. When he went to unbolt the manifold, molten plastic sprayed in his face. He sustained second degree burns to the front and right side of his face.

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