# Fractures and burns at Thomas Smith Welding and Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2016088061` · 8/26/2016 · PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Barrels, drums-except pressurized
## Employer
- **Name:** Thomas Smith Welding and Fabrication
- **Location:** 11816 Country Rd 302, PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS, 77363
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 26, 2016, at approximately 10:30 AM an employee was cutting a barrel. The barrel exploded and the employee suffered several burns and broke his left leg.

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