# Fractures and burns at TX Energy Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161211458` · 12/8/2016 · CROCKETT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TX Energy Services LLC
- **Location:** 15333 State Hwy 21 W., CROCKETT, TEXAS, 75835
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a valve on a vacuum tank and was attempting to remove two bolts using an air grinder. As he started grinding the first bolt, a flash explosion occurred. He suffered a cut on his head; received third degree burns to his hands, forearms, and stomach; and fractured his left leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery.

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