# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021097557` · 9/2/2021 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Vehicle or machinery fire
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC
- **Location:** 142 McPherson Drive, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was standing by a bag house that that was approximately 27 feet away from where a discharge pipe was discharging wood pellets. A fire came out of the pipe and back flashed through a cooler and back through the piping system to the bag house where an explosion occurred. The employee sustained burns to the arms, neck, and torso.

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