# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tyson Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020076378` · 7/9/2020 · NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 East Cassady Street, NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS, 71852
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were doing monthly preventive maintenance/inspection on a natural gas boiler system. A fire ignited in the system; one employee was burned on the back and side of the head, and the other suffered second-degree burns on his face, arms, and hand.

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