# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Walmart Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018043570` · 4/13/2018 · BASTROP, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Containers-pressurized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Walmart Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 6091 Mer Rouge Rd., BASTROP, LOUISIANA, 71220
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping for the day when a contractor dropped a CO2 cartridge in a deli fryer and it exploded. The employee received grease burns on the face, arms, chest, and hands.

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