# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at MRE Crossville, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021394` · 2/12/2020 · CROSSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MRE Crossville, LLC
- **Location:** 79 Greenway Drive, CROSSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35962
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on an upper deck unclogging a cyclone. A steam release caused an explosion panel in the hopper to blow out toward the employee, who suffered a third-degree steam burn to the face.

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