# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Sterigenics US LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076899` · 7/10/2018 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Ethylene oxide
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterigenics US LLC
- **Location:** 2971 Olympic Industrial Drive SE, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30339
- **NAICS:** 561990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a forklift to load a sterilization chamber with pallets of medical devices. As he drove out of the chamber, ethylene oxide gas exploded. The employee suffered second and third degree burns over his body and was hospitalized.

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