# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Shaw Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010629` · 1/20/2017 · BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 200 Industrial Boulevard, BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, 39817
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shop vacuum to remove a liquid nylon blockage from a machine in the production area. Pressure had built up on the opposite side of the blockage, and as it was removed, the pressurized liquid nylon sprayed out striking the employee. He sustained second degree burns to the face and other burns to both hands and arms.

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