# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Dietary Pros, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077808` · 7/31/2018 · WAUSAU, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metallics and compounds, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dietary Pros, Inc.
- **Location:** 7111 Stewart Ave., WAUSAU, WISCONSIN, 54401
- **NAICS:** 325412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were adding magnesium powder into an industrial mixer. An explosion occurred in the mixer, causing a small fire and smoke; one employee suffered burns to the face, hands, and wrists.

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