# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Bermco Aluminum
> OSHA SIR `2019054490` · 5/2/2019 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Bermco Aluminum
- **Location:** 3230 Messer Airport Highway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working near the reverberatory furnace when it exploded. The employee sustained burns to his head, neck, hands, and legs.

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