# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Atlas PyroVision Entertainment Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022075796` · 7/3/2022 · NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlas PyroVision Entertainment Group, Inc.
- **Location:** Hayes Stadium, NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01845
- **NAICS:** 713990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A fireworks technician was setting up a fireworks display and connecting the electrical ignitor into the shunted module. While unraveling the ignitor, it discharged a 3-inch finale chain (10 shells). The first shell struck the technician's rib cage and arm. The technician was hospitalized with burns to the ribcage and a laceration to the right arm.

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