# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Starfire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019022043` · 2/23/2019 · TOLEDO, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Starfire Corporation
- **Location:** 2 Main Street, TOLEDO, OHIO, 43605
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 2019, an employee of Starfire Corporation sustained a laceration of his leg and burn injuries to his back from the premature ignition of a fireworks shell as he was loading the shell into the mortar tube in preparation for a fireworks aerial display.

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