# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Esterline Defense Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2016054500` · 5/23/2016 · CAMDEN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Esterline Defense Technologies
- **Location:** Highland Industrial Park, CAMDEN, ARKANSAS, 71711
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were loading explosive pyrotechnics into a drying tumbler when the material exploded, burning the face and hands of both employees. One of the employees also fractured her elbow and lacerated her leg.

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