# First degree heat (thermal) burns at H B Fuller Company
> OSHA SIR `2017043769` · 4/27/2017 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Resins
## Employer
- **Name:** H B Fuller Company
- **Location:** 1702 kimberly Park drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 325520
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was examining a tank of hot resin when the mixer turned on and hot resin overflowed onto the employee's arms. The employee was hospitalized for first degree burns to both arms.

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