# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2017088001` · 8/19/2017 · SCRANTON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Animal products-nonfood, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** RIVER VALLEY ANIMAL FOODS
- **Location:** 7755 N State Highway 393, SCRANTON, ARKANSAS, 72863
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding on a metal floor grate in the load-out building when some overhead blood meal came down causing a flash fire. He received burns to his left arm and hand.

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