# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Silberline Manufacturing Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020088100` · 8/26/2020 · TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Silberline Manufacturing Company Inc.
- **Location:** 130 Lincoln Drive, TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA, 18252
- **NAICS:** 325131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 26, 2020, an employee was cleaning an industrial mixer when a flash fire erupted within the mixer and burned the employee's face, neck, and hands. The cleaning process involves manually scraping a mixture of aluminum paste with petroleum distillate carrier. Isopropyl alcohol is then used to wash the mixer.

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