# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at West Fraser Jefferson
> OSHA SIR `2025088429` · 8/23/2025 · JEFFERSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Dust explosion
- **Source:** Silos
- **Secondary source:** Chips, pellets  wood
## Employer
- **Name:** West Fraser Jefferson
- **Location:** 500 Nexfor Blvd, JEFFERSON, TEXAS, 75657
- **NAICS:** 321219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were investigating smoke originating from a screw at the base of a dry fuel silo. While they were in the ground-level hopper area, a dust explosion occurred. Both employees were burned. One suffered burns to both arms, the face, and the left side of the torso; the other was burned on the face and chest, as well as suffering circumferential burns to the arms.

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