# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2020032167` · 3/6/2020 · TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.
- **Location:** 1 Hawes St., TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18848
- **NAICS:** 331492
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was visually inspecting the calciner (furnace) tube. When the employee removed the manifold for the calciner tube, tungsten (product) and nitrogen and/or hydrogen caused an explosion inside the calciner tube. Flames shot out of the end of the tube and burned the employee's face and right forearm.

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