# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Nexus Circular, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023010945` · 1/30/2023 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Nexus Circular, LLC
- **Location:** 500 Waterfront Dr. SW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 325991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 20-25-foot carbon steel rod in a reactor to ensure that residual product was not blocking the valves. A flash fire occurred inside of the hydrocarbon-enriched reactor, causing the employee to sustain burns from the employee's neck to their waist.

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