# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Cargill Meat Solutions
> OSHA SIR `20191010847` · 10/17/2019 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Natural gas
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions
- **Location:** 3201 East Trail Street, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were performing normal daily tasks within the rendering department when a natural gas explosion occurred in the furnace of the blood dried system. Two employees were hospitalized with burns and other injuries.

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