# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Waste Management of Texas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054156` · 5/8/2017 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management of Texas, Inc.
- **Location:** 3623 Wilson Road, HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 08, 2017, at approximately 4:15PM, an employee was firing bird deterrent pyrotechnics as part of the facility bird control program when a spark from the bird gun got into the pyrotechnics bag. The pyrotechnics ignited and caused burns to the left side of his body and arm. He was hospitalized.

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