# Burns and other injuries, n.e.c. at Vertex Aerospace, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088053` · 8/7/2018 · COLUMBUS AFB, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Burns and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vertex Aerospace, LLC
- **Location:** 795 Lockhart St., Bldg 640, COLUMBUS AFB, MISSISSIPPI, 39701
- **NAICS:** 334511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Three employees were repairing an aircraft ejection seat when it fired and ejected from the aircraft. One of the employees was hospitalized with burns and lacerations to the face, arms, and chest.

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