# Cuts, lacerations at CHARLES BLALOCK & SONS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015053147` · 5/26/2015 · LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Welding, cutting, and blow torches
## Employer
- **Name:** CHARLES BLALOCK & SONS, INC.
- **Location:** US 321, LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE, 37772
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A four inch diameter drill casing used to load shot when blasting for bridge footings approximately 100 feet deep exploded.  The employee was in a designated area assigned for loading the shot.  The shot was complete and clean-up was being performed.  Once the shot has been ignited in the casing, the casings are retrieved and placed into a scrap trailer.  An employee was attempting to cut the casing with a cutting torch to fit into the scrap trailer when the casing exploded. The employee's face and arms were cut requiring stitches.  He also has ringing in his left ear.

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