# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at AMTEC Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241110956` · 11/25/2024 · CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Intentionally set explosion
- **Source:** Explosives  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AMTEC Corporation
- **Location:** 47600 180th Street, CLEAR LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57226
- **NAICS:** 325920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing pyrotechnic materials utilizing screen/sieve equipment that is operated in a unoccupied bay that is interlocked. After sieving/screening was completed, the employee entered the bay to manually transfer the pyrotechnic material and noticed materials were stuck to the sieve/screen. The materials detonated during the transfer. The employee sustained first-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the hands.

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