# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at PBT Environmental Operations, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054422` · 5/1/2019 · EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PBT Environmental Operations, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 N 1st St, EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS, 62201
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

When an employee was relighting the dryer burner, the system malfunctioned and flashed. The employee's arm was burned.

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