# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Solo Cup Operating Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019010856` · 1/24/2019 · THOMASTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Solo Cup Operating Corporation
- **Location:** 2260 Delray Road, THOMASTON, GEORGIA, 30286
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the gearbox in front of an extruder when he came in contact with molten plastic and sustained second degree burns to the left temple and third degree burns to the left forearm.

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