# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at EHS Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016010448` · 1/16/2016 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** EHS Services, LLC
- **Location:** 12000 Bay Area Blvd., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 541620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting another employee in hooking up a hose to a vacuum truck. The manifold over pressured and exploded, and the valve connected to the tank truck sheared, releasing solvent. The explosion knocked the employee to the ground breaking his arm, injuring his left eye and rupturing his eardrum.

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