# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Polyplex USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020087652` · 8/12/2020 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Polyplex USA, LLC
- **Location:** 3001 Mallard Fox Drive NW, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was burned by hot liquid polymer, released as he took a nozzle out of a drain. He suffered second- and third-degree burns.

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