# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201111132` · 11/25/2020 · BYRON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.
- **Location:** 1661 JUNIPER CREEK ROAD, BYRON, GEORGIA, 31008
- **NAICS:** 325920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up after working with BB cartridges (an ignition charge assembly) in a rotary machine. Residual HMX under the funnel ignited due to friction, burning the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*