# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at FRANKLIN ALUMINUM COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2020109478` · 10/5/2020 · FRANKLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Resins
- **Secondary source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** FRANKLIN ALUMINUM COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 266 MARY JOHNSON DR,, FRANKLIN, GEORGIA, 30217
- **NAICS:** 331316
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing the molding machine for the shift by removing the sprue plug from the injector. When the sprue was removed, hot resin struck the employee's left hand and arm resulting in first and second degree burns.

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