# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at JT Shannon Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2018033116` · 3/31/2018 · HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** JT Shannon Lumber Company
- **Location:** 2200 Cole Road, HORN LAKE, MISSISSIPPI, 38637
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were trying to contain a fire at the bottom of a silo using a water hose. After they contained the fire, an employee opened the silo's side door and a small explosion occurred. One of the employee's suffered second degree burns on the forearms and face (right side).

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