# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Plastics Engineering Company
> OSHA SIR `2017087912` · 8/17/2017 · SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plastics Engineering Company
- **Location:** 3518 Lakeshore Road, SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, 53082
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a mixer when a flash fire occurred. He suffered first degree burns to the left arm, hand, and face and second degree burns on his left arm and other areas.

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