# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Filmtech Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018055110` · 5/24/2018 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Filmtech Corporation
- **Location:** 2121 31st Street SW, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A mechanic was opening the slide gate of a plastic extruder machine when the heat zone element overheated the plastic up to 900 degrees instead of 400 degrees. The hot plastic sprayed out and onto a different employee who was approximately 10 feet away. The injured employee suffered burns to the arms and face.

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