# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at CAPCO LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043076` · 4/6/2022 · GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Explosives, blasting agents, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CAPCO LLC
- **Location:** 1328 Winters Avenue, GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO, 81501
- **NAICS:** 325920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 6, 2022, around 12:30 p.m., an employee in the Energetics Loading Room was loading a Division 1.3 explosive blend, TBK Initiation Powder, in to a BBU-48 Dual Impulse Cartridge. During the clearing of the funnel that is used to load the explosive blend into the cartridge, a glancing blow between the handheld tool and funnel caused a deflagration event to occur and the employee suffered second and third degree burns to the hands and arms. The employee was hospitalized.

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