# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Evolution Pyrotechnics Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022119775` · 11/7/2022 · COLUMBUS, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Small-scale (limited) fire
- **Source:** Pyrotechnics, fireworks
## Employer
- **Name:** Evolution Pyrotechnics Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Nickel Way, COLUMBUS, MONTANA, 59019
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing pyrotechnic composition into pellets using a pressure tablet press. Upon pouring the composition into the small hopper, the composition ignited and produced a flash fire. The employee sustained bilateral burns to the hands and face.

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