# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Custom Synthetic Fibers, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065265` · 6/9/2017 · ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA
## 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, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Custom Synthetic Fibers, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Jarvis Brewer Dr., ROGERSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35652
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splashed by hot plastic while changing screen filters on an extruder machine, suffering second degree burns to the forearms and face. The employee was hospitalized.

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