# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Georgia-Pacific Wood Products South, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022076041` · 7/11/2022 · ROME, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Kilns
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Wood Products South, LLC
- **Location:** 380 Mays Bridge Road, ROME, GEORGIA, 30165
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were starting the wood-fired burner of a kiln when flames and heat were discharged from the burner opening. Employee 1 was hospitalized with burns to both forearms and the abdomen and required surgery. Employee 2 was treated at the burn clinic and released.

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