# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at ROYAL OAKS ENTERPRISES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019065566` · 6/3/2019 · ELLSINORE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Kilns
## Employer
- **Name:** ROYAL OAKS ENTERPRISES, LLC
- **Location:** Highway FF, ELLSINORE, MISSOURI, 63937
- **NAICS:** 325194
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing an air hole on a charcoal kiln with insulation when the kiln surged and fire came out of the hole. The employee sustained third degree burns.

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