# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Advance Die Casting Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015086233` · 8/28/2015 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Dust explosion
- **Source:** Aluminum and compounds
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Advance Die Casting Company, LLC
- **Location:** 3760 North Holton Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53212
- **NAICS:** 331521
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee changing filters on a filter system connected to a grinding unit dropped one of the filters into the filter unit. The impact inside the unit created a spark that ignited the aluminum dust, causing an aluminum dust deflagration. A fire ball discharged from the filter unit, contacting and causing second degree burns to the employee's hands.

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