# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Energetic Materials and Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043616` · 4/27/2022 · BURNET, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Energetic Materials and Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 2046 County Road 115 Building W6, BURNET, TEXAS, 78611
- **NAICS:** 541712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working in an area. The first was using a pneumatic press to consolidate explosive powder into a pressed pellet. The second was using a manual arbor press to extract the pressed pellet from the pressing die. There was an explosion of zirconium potassium perchlorate, and the second employee suffered burns to the face and neck.

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