# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SINTERTEC, Div of BPI, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017066027` · 6/27/2017 · MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SINTERTEC, Div of BPI, Inc.
- **Location:** 2551 PORT PLACE, MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, 74403
- **NAICS:** 327215
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were using a horizontal drying oven to dry aluminum sludge when they suffered burns to their arms and upper bodies due to a possible propane flashback.

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