# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at HOFFER PLASTICS CORP
> OSHA SIR `2019010890` · 1/24/2019 · SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HOFFER PLASTICS CORP
- **Location:** 500 N. Collins Street, SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60177
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:45 a.m., on January 24, 2019, two employees were inspecting the feed throat of the barrel in an injection molding machine that was having a material flow issue. The screw was retracted and overheated degraded nylon was forced out through the screw feed throat, burning one of the employees on the hands and face. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time.

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