# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Jefrey Mark Willis
> OSHA SIR `2023098782` · 9/22/2023 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** Jefrey Mark Willis
- **Location:** 1450 Blashfield St, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30315
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torching materials to free a jam in a baler machine when an explosion occurred, resulting in second-degree burns to their left arm and leg that required hospitalization.

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