# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Walpole, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109696` · 10/20/2023 · OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other structural fire without collapse
- **Source:** Silo exterior
## Employer
- **Name:** Walpole, Inc.
- **Location:** 1901 NW 9th St, OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA, 34972
- **NAICS:** 484220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee arrived at a site to pick up a load when they noticed a silo on fire. They went to help when an explosion occurred in the silo; the employee sustained burn injuries.

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