# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at Highland Pellets, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2025087850` · 8/8/2025 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion  unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Highland Pellets, LLC.
- **Location:** 5601 Industrial Drive North, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was visually inspecting the drive line for a conveyor. There was an explosion in the conveyor, and the employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to both forearms.

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