# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at CS3 Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010275` · 1/9/2018 · WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CS3 Inc.
- **Location:** Family Dollar Distribution Center, WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, 72303
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder making repairs to an approximately 25' tall x 10' wide x 15' deep air rotation unit when an explosion occurred and knocked him from the ladder. Flames erupted from the unit, causing third degree burns to his face. He was hospitalized.

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