# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Technical Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022054500` · 5/24/2022 · TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Plastics, resins, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Technical Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 336 Pinewoods Road, TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06790
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tried to turn off the alarm on the machine when their hand and wrist were burned by molten and pressurized nylon that was coming out of a nozzle.

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