# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022064922` · 6/8/2022 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metallic particulates, trace elements, dusts, powders, fumes, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Solar Atmospheres, Inc.
- **Location:** 1969 Clearview Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 8, 2022, an employee was packing titanium powder into a 55-gallon drum contained in an aluminum dumper. The employee used their hands to grasp the trays and dump them into the drum.  The powder dumping process creates a dust plume. The dust plume ignited, possibly due to static charge. A flash fire occurred and the employee suffered burns on the top of both hands.

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