# Thermal burns  second degree at Federal Bureau of Investigation
> OSHA SIR `2025054510` · 5/13/2025 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Fire  unspecified
- **Source:** Explosives  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Explosive devices
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Investigation
- **Location:** 8000 East 36th Ave., DENVER, COLORADO, 80238
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating evidence for a disposal plan when bulk explosive powder with two large steel pipe bomb fragments ignited. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their face, arms, and hands.

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