# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Humane Manufacturing Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064565` · 6/4/2021 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Humane Manufacturing Company LLC
- **Location:** 1350 Venture Drive, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tending to a grinder machine that was smoking. The machine caught fire and exploded. The employee sustained first, second, and third degree burns to their back and both arms.

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