# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032820` · 3/29/2023 · MIDDLETOWN, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ammunition
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERICAN ORDNANCE LLC
- **Location:** IOWA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, MIDDLETOWN, IOWA, 52638
- **NAICS:** 332993
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart loaded with 15 rounds of ammunition shells into an oven. The funnel broke off, causing an explosive to go off. The employee sustained burns on the right side of his head.

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