# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Harwell & Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020099032` · 9/23/2020 · SEMMES, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Harwell & Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2390 Raymond Tanner Road, SEMMES, ALABAMA, 36575
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grinder to cut a barrel. The grinder caused a spark that ruptured the barrel.  The employee sustained a burn to the abdomen requiring hospitalization.

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